A journalist since 1987, Steve Collins has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine. He has served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. Among his awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award and the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015. Collins 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-Collins, 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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PublishedMay 6, 2019
Lewiston lawyer might challenge Collins in 2020
Former Mayor Jim Howaniec, 60, is eyeing a possible campaign for U.S. Senate as a Democrat.
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PublishedMay 3, 2019
‘Queer feminist mermaid’ hopes to unseat Collins
Saco lawyer Bre Kidman readily admits to being weird, but hopes Mainers will identify with the independence and authenticity.
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PublishedMay 2, 2019
Bates education expert talks about ‘screen time’ with Diane Sawyer for TV special
Anita Charles, a Bates College lecturer who has researched cellphone use in schools, is slated to appear on an ABC News show Friday evening.
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PublishedApril 28, 2019
Bates students fear college will become ‘playground for elites’
Students call for administrators to cancel planned 3.4% hike in price tag for the next academic year.
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PublishedApril 27, 2019
Auburn’s high-seas mutiny hangings
One of Maine’s last executions took place in Auburn in 1858, when two men went to the gallows before a crowd of 7,000 for murder and mutiny aboard a Bath brig in the Caribbean.
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PublishedApril 26, 2019
Area legislators call for cheaper, more transparent prescription drug prices
At Lewiston forum, state lawmakers question the nation’s health care system.
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PublishedApril 24, 2019
New York City eyes Quebec hydropower in bid to go green
Mayor Bill DeBlasio calls for new transmission line down the Hudson Valley that would be nearly as large as one sought by Central Maine Power.
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PublishedApril 22, 2019
Saco lawyer Bre Kidman seeks Democratic backing to challenge Susan Collins
Seeing no other Democrats stepping up, the 31-year-old said hard work is needed to win in 2020.
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PublishedApril 20, 2019
Janet Mills vows more than just hot air on climate change
Governor says she’ll fight to preserve the Maine she loves.
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PublishedApril 19, 2019
Lewiston lawmakers say they’re focused on ‘pocketbook issues’
The five city Democrats spoke on a variety of issues during Friday’s Great Falls Forum.
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