Proposed legislation would bar the few traditional pet stores left in Maine from selling dogs and cats.
Steve Collins
Columnist
Steve Collins became an opinion columnist for the Maine Trust for Local News in April of 2025. A journalist since 1987, Steve has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine and served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. The Maine Press Association named him Maine's Journalist of the Year in 2022. Among his other awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award, the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015 and the Bob Wallack Community Journalism Award from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. Steve is a founder and board president of Youth Journalism International, a charity that teaches students around the globe about news writing, media literacy and issues of the day. His wife, Jackie Majerus, serves as its executive director. Born in Massachusetts, he grew up in a military family that took him to Norway, Ohio and Virginia, where he earned a degree in history from the University of Virginia. He and Jackie live in Auburn. They have two adult children, two collies and not enough time.
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Susan Collins’ only challenger collecting cans and bottles to fund campaign
Independent Danielle Ravyn VanHelsing seeks campaign cash while cleaning up Maine.
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‘Intimidating’ signs posted near Bates College campus
“IT’S OKAY TO BE WHITE” signs were posted Sunday on utility polls near the Bates College campus.
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Lawmakers seek to make motorists from away pay more for Maine’s highways
The Maine Legislature is eyeing a summertime gas tax hike to help close a longstanding funding gap for infrastructure needs.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Tucker Carlson pulls plug on plans for Fox News studio in Bryant Pond
Controversial television host says publicity killed his plan to open studio near his vacation home in western Maine.
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Tucker Carlson pulls plug on plans for Fox News studio in Bryant Pond
Controversial television host says publicity killed his plan to open studio near his vacation home in western Maine.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Lawmakers may make it easier to prosecute stranglers
Auburn Sen. Ned Claxton’s proposal would drop requirement that prosecutors prove intent.
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Golden clashes with House GOP leader
Maine’s 2nd District congressman argued campaign finance with Kevin McCarthy on House floor.
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Bates to begin work next week on new science building
Two Nichols Street houses slated for imminent demolition.
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Despite big gains, women have ‘a long way to go’ in politics, Emily Cain says
Former U.S. House candidate hails “sea change” in number of women holding elected office, but hopes many more will join them.