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 10, 2018
Outside group funding ad campaign against King re-election bid
The $100,000 effort to boost the candidacy of Republican challenger Eric Brakey, a state senator from Auburn, is funded almost entirely by Andrew Beal, a Texas banker who gave $2 million to support the election of Donald Trump in 2016.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2018
Former Sen. Mitchell predicts chaos if Roe were overturned
The Maine Democrat, whose tenure as Senate majority leader included several Supreme Court appointments, nonetheless says Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination will prevail.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2018
Missing Westbrook boy found safe
Police had asked for the public’s help locating the 5-year-old and his father on Friday night.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2018
Former Mainer, swept into Manafort case, accused of attempted blackmail by foreign official
Sam Patten, a Camden native who has pleaded guilty to failing to register as a foreign lobbyist, allegedly sent digital messages threatening to release damaging information about former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2018
Mills makes leadership change in gubernatorial campaign
With two months left until Election Day, Democrat Janet Mills replaces campaign manager Michael Ambler with veteran political operative Jeremy Kennedy.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2018
Maine officials trying to track down 3 ash trees that may be carrying a destructive pest
The trees sold by a ‘major retailer’ had been shipped from a nursery in New Jersey that was within a quarantine area for the destructive emerald ash borer.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2018
Maine is the 6th worst state in the nation for rise in overdose deaths
The number of overdose deaths in Maine increased by 10.9 percent in 2017, according to newly released federal data.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2018
Nature Conservancy sees an opportunity to fight climate change – using Maine’s woodlands
The organization’s vast forestland holdings could benefit from businesses hoping to offset their carbon footprints, opening ‘new ways to blend conservation and the timber economy.’
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PublishedAugust 8, 2018
Lewiston Democrats rode a social media firestorm to the bank, netting $181,000 in donations
Yet the Republican target of the fundraising campaign dropped out of the race, and the Democratic nominee calls the fundraising ‘inappropriate’ and ‘divisive.’
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PublishedAugust 7, 2018
LePage calls on attorney general and state treasurer to step down while running for governor
Treasurer Terry Hayes calls his letter an example of ‘partisan B.S.,’ and Attorney General Janet Mills’ campaign says LePage should be ‘focusing on fixing the failures of his administration.’
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