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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PublishedSeptember 2, 2015
Judge orders Mallinckrodt to fund mercury cleanup plan for Penobscot River
The ruling is a step toward requiring the company to pay to clean up pollution from the former HoltraChem site – a cost estimated at $130 million.
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul rallies supporters in Freeport
The senator from Kentucky visits Maine as part of a New England tour aimed at breathing energy into a campaign that’s trailing Donald Trump and other Republican contenders.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2015
Pingree to sponsor bill aimed at helping asylum seekers
The legislation, which is mirrored after a bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Angus King, aims to allow asylum seekers to obtain federal working papers within 30 days instead of the current minimum 180-day waiting period.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2015
Rescued hiker recounts three-day ordeal in Baxter State Park
John Lyon, 78, says he was praying just before Maine Forest Service rangers plucked him from a remote mountainside – ‘and I never pray.’
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PublishedAugust 31, 2015
Patricia Aho, Maine’s top environmental official, is stepping down
Aho, who has headed the Maine Department of Environmental Protection since 2011, is joining the staff of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.
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PublishedAugust 28, 2015
Maine’s kindergarten-age vaccine opt-out rate falls
The state reports the second-largest drop nationally in the percentage of kindergarten-age children who were not vaccinated last year.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2015
LePage employs prop in latest missive, to rival Eves on drug summit
Responding to the House speaker’s suggested strategies, the governor sends a copy of a disdainful wall hanging and writes that Eves is ‘free to have any summit you choose.’
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PublishedAugust 26, 2015
Suspect in July rampage in northern Maine indicted on murder charge
Police say Anthony Lord killed two people and injured four more after abducting a woman from a house in Benedicta, setting off a manhunt across two counties.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2015
Sen. Susan Collins still mum on Iran nuclear agreement as colleagues stake positions
Collins could be ‘Obama’s last hope’ for Republican support, but her office says the senator is still carefully considering the issue.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2015
Maine attorney general won’t charge ex-Biddeford officer accused of molesting teens
Matthew Lauzon, who has made high-profile accusations against Stephen Dodd, says ‘more evidence will emerge’ if Biddeford Police Chief Roger Beaupre is put on leave.
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