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
June 25, 2020

Groups call on Mills to meet with them, take bolder action on COVID-19 racial disparity

Recent data shows that Maine has the worst racial disparity for Black residents in the nation for COVID-19 cases, as infection rates rise among minority communities in Cumberland and Androscoggin counties.
Published
June 22, 2020

Mills postpones July 1 reopening for Maine bars because of virus concerns

State officials had said the July 1 date for resuming indoor service could be delayed, citing higher coronavirus transmission risks and outbreaks linked to bar reopenings in other states.
Published
June 21, 2020

Maine has nation’s worst COVID-19 racial disparity

No other state has such a wide gap – more than 25 percentage points – between the size of the Black population and that community’s share of infections.
Published
June 18, 2020

Widely cited health institute keeps missing the mark on Maine death projections

The wildly different estimates by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington spotlight the potential peril of relying on one model to predict how the coronavirus will spread.
Published
June 16, 2020

Maine CDC reports 9 new COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths

It marks the lowest daily increase since April 27, and is only the third single-digit increase since mid-March.
Published
June 15, 2020

Mills’ new order allows indoor restaurant service for entire state

The governor also approved outdoor service at bars, breweries and tasting rooms beginning Wednesday. Gyms, nail salons and tattoo parlors also can reopen everywhere.
Published
June 12, 2020

Additional 54 coronavirus cases reported in Maine, as more businesses reopen

Gov. Janet Mills said she was accelerating the date for lodging places to start serving out-of-state visitors, and on Friday fitness centers as well as bars and brewery tasting rooms with outdoor seating opened in 13 counties.
Published
June 11, 2020

Maine CDC reports 30 new coronavirus cases, but trends ‘heading in the right direction’

No additional deaths were reported Thursday, and the number of active cases of the disease continues to decline as recoveries outpace new COVID-19 infections.
Published
June 11, 2020

Legislature eyes returning while thousands complain of hardship

Despite dysfunction in the Department of Labor, House Speaker Sara Gideon has been quiet about the troubled agency.
Published
June 5, 2020

Trump praises Guilford workers, jabs at Mills in visit that draws supporters, protesters

The governor fired back in a statement, accusing Trump of stoking divisions and questioning the value of his efforts to help Maine’s fishing industry by lifting restrictions in a conservation area far from the Maine coast.