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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PublishedApril 14, 2019
Seth Carey’s unsuccessful DA race spurs effort to change law
Turner legislator sponsors bill to prevent lawyers who have been suspended from practicing law from becoming district attorneys.
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PublishedApril 14, 2019
Lewiston the big winner in controversial power line project
The city would gain more than $8 million in additional tax revenue annually if New England Clean Energy Connect gets a green light.
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PublishedApril 10, 2019
Opposition mounts to Trump plan to extend work requirement for SNAP benefits
Jared Golden said he might support the change, as long as it doesn’t hurt children or seniors, while Maine’s senators and Chellie Pingree oppose it.
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PublishedApril 10, 2019
Bates College, Gallup report: Grads want ‘purposeful’ work
Gallup and Bates issue report calling on educators to focus on what students need to find happiness in employment.
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PublishedApril 8, 2019
Angus King targets IRS for auditing poor Mainers more than most Americans
Piscataquis and Washington counties have more than their fair share of tax audits.
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PublishedApril 6, 2019
Jared Golden among a trio of Democrats most likely to side with Trump
The first-term Lewiston lawmaker said he and biggest Trump-backing Democrat, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are “kind of anti-establishment.”
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PublishedApril 5, 2019
Maine’s 200th birthday offers opportunity for businesses and organizations
AUGUSTA — With Maine’s bicentennial fast approaching, there is growing interest by organizations and businesses in who can use the logo developed for the big birthday party. The Maine Bicentennial Commission hopes that municipalities and nonprofits will hold events that focus at least in part on the state’s creation in 1820 and that they’ll highlight […]
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PublishedApril 4, 2019
Poland Spring might get soaked with $100 million state tax
Lawmakers eye an extraction fee of 12 cents per gallon for Maine groundwater.
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PublishedApril 1, 2019
U.S. House GOP leader McCarthy assails ranked-choice voting in Maine
Republicans in Augusta and Washington are trying to stymie or repeal a voting method they say helps Democrats like Jared Golden.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2019
Bates College gathering brings student research to forefront
Students at the annual Mount David Summit zing college’s origin story and offer ideas to help Lewiston and Auburn.
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