Kevin Miller joined the staff of the Portland Press Herald in 2012 and has worked as a journalist in Maine since 2005. He currently divides his time covering environmental/natural resources issues, state politics and the Maine Legislature. A policy wonk, Kevin previously wrote about Congress and federal issues from a Maine angle 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 wants to be hiking, camping, fishing, kayaking, cross-country skiing, exploring New England’s historic sites or doing pretty much anything else outdoors. He lives in Newcastle with his partner and their dog.
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PublishedJune 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.
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PublishedJune 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.
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PublishedJune 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.
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PublishedJune 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.
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PublishedJune 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.
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PublishedJune 15, 2020
Gov. Janet 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.
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PublishedJune 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.
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PublishedJune 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.
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PublishedJune 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.
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PublishedJune 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.
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