Guides and sporting camp owners in the Grand Lake Stream area want to block alewives, for fear that the sea-run fish will harm the important smallmouth bass fishery.
Kevin Miller
Kevin Miller joined the staff of the Portland Press Herald in 2012 and has worked as a journalist in Maine since 2005. He currently covers state politics, the Maine Legislature and environmental/natural resources issues. A policy wonk, Kevin previously wrote about Congress and federal issues as the Press Herald’s Washington, DC correspondent. Before settling in Maine, he covered state government, higher education and environmental issues for newspapers in Virginia and Maryland. In his spare time, Kevin enjoys hiking, camping, fishing, kayaking, cross-country skiing or doing pretty much anything else outdoors. He lives in Newcastle with his wife, Carissa, and their dog.
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Groups petition Maine regulators to reconsider Efficiency Maine cuts
Two conservation organizations and a contractors’ group say the PUC should have considered legislative intent when it decided to reduce funding to a program that promotes energy efficiency.
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LePage fights cities’ efforts to set their own minimum wages
The governor supports a bill that would prohibit Maine cities and towns from setting rates.
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Maine mayors say state-local partnership has ‘eroded’ under LePage
The mayors, including Portland Mayor Michael Brennan, signal support for a budget deal that would broaden the sales tax but raise concerns about cuts to municipal revenue sharing.
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LePage announces new legal counsel, policy advisers
Cynthia Montgomery fills a position left vacant when former chief legal counsel Carlisle McLean was appointed to the Maine Public Utilities Commission in February.
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Latest dispute over alewives in St. Croix River may lead to independent review
The LePage administration is proposing a working group to examine the scientific arguments over the fish.
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Concealed-weapons bill on hold again at State House
Democrats in the Legislature tabled a bill that would make permits optional, but it is likely to be considered again.
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Proposed Maine standards for business tax credits draw questions, warnings
Supporters of the bill say businesses that get credits should meet certain goals, but opponents say the impact would be detrimental.
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Friction surfaces over fixing costly Efficiency Maine error
Concessions and a promised veto loom over competing proposals to correct an error that could cost $38 million in energy funding.
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Maine leaders want changes to tax-credits program
Piqued by revelations in a Telegram investigation, lawmakers seek fixes to the New Markets vehicle that let investors in Great Northern Paper earn $16 million in refunds after doing little to save the mill.