Kevin Miller

Portland Press Herald

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.

Latest

Published
August 7, 2020

Gideon unveils climate policies in her bid for U.S. Senate

The Democrat’s climate agenda includes supporting the U.S. rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and requiring electric utilities to obtain some energy from renewable sources.
Published
July 31, 2020

Parents, educators surprised by Maine’s ‘green’ designation for schools

Much uncertainty still remains around the return to school, what model districts will follow and how safety requirements will be enforced.
Published
July 31, 2020

Committee endorses extending timeline for lawsuits over PFAS pollution

The bill focused on so-called “forever chemicals” would be considered by the full Legislature should it come back during a special session.
Published
July 30, 2020

Mills to double rental assistance, fund efforts to address COVID-19 racial disparity

In other news, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced one additional death and 27 new cases of the disease caused by the coronavirus on Thursday.
Published
July 29, 2020

Portland Water District begins looking for COVID-19 in wastewater

Working with a lab at Saint Joseph’s College, the Portland Water District is part of a growing number of utilities nationwide using wastewater as a potential sentinel for COVID-19 case surges.
Published
July 29, 2020

Maine adds another 29 new COVID-19 cases but no new deaths

The 29 new cases is higher than the rolling daily average for the previous week, although Maine has yet to experience the surge in cases seen in some other states.
Published
July 28, 2020

Insurers, utilities oppose bill to extend lawsuit window for PFAS contamination

But supporters say the current law falls short of protecting farmers and others harmed by the ‘forever chemicals.’
Published
July 28, 2020

Maine holds firm on exempted states as 2 more Mainers die of coronavirus

Even with the deaths and new cases, the state’s COVID-19 infection and mortality rates remain among the lowest in the country.
Published
July 27, 2020

Groups pushing to extend timeline for lawsuits over PFAS chemical pollution

Tuesday’s hearing on the statute of limitations for the ‘forever chemicals’ comes four days after the state announced another PFAS hotspot on a dairy farm.
Published
July 24, 2020

State investigating ‘very startling’ levels of PFAS chemicals on central Maine dairy farm

State officials declined to identify the farm, but said Maine’s milk supply remains safe because the farm was sending a relatively small amount of milk to a processor that was blending it with milk from other farms.