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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.
Posted inElection 2020, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Elizabeth Warren urges Lewiston crowd to oust Republicans in ‘life and death’ election
Stumping for Joe Biden on Saturday, the Massachusetts Democrat asked Mainers to hold President Trump and Susan Collins accountable.
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Posted inElection 2020, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Maine’s Senate race: Health care divides candidates, remains a hot issue on the campaign trail
The four Maine contenders for U.S. Senate each have different takes on what’s needed to improve America’s health care system.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
RSU 16 lays out plans for possible COVID-19 cases
The district would close a school briefly if a student tests positive, longer if there’s an outbreak of at least three cases.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Politics
Dale Crafts admits he was ‘absolutely wrong’ in claiming an endorsement he didn’t get
Republican congressional hopeful said he erred in radio interview when he said a Maine gun rights group had backed him.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Looming deadline may cause schools to leave pandemic relief unspent
School officials are scrambling to use millions of dollars in COVID-19 aid before Dec. 30.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Politics
Retired TV reporter Bill Green backs Susan Collins in series of ads
Green breaks his journalistic neutrality to back Collins and Joe Biden in this year’s election.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Politics
Heat is way down this year in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race
First-term Democrat Jared Golden appears to have a big advantage over Republican challenger Dale Crafts.
Posted inElection 2020, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Libertarian presidential hopeful seeks to turn USA into ‘one giant Switzerland’
Jo Jorgensen told a Lewiston crowd Saturday that American troops need to ‘come home’ from around the world.
Posted inElection 2020, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Former U.S. Sen. Bill Cohen sees something of himself in Jared Golden
Cohen, a Republican, said the freshman Democratic congressman has a streak of independence that marks Maine’s best politicians.