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 1, 2020
Maine hospitals face financial crunch but remain focused on coronavirus crisis
The state’s hospitals have seen revenues dip by 50% in recent days because they shifted from normal services to preparing for a surge of COVID-19 patients.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2020
Are people fleeing to Maine to escape COVID-19 hot spots?
There is little evidence that more than a smattering of Massachusetts visitors, many with second homes here, have shown up in Maine with plans to stay for a while.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2020
Maine Turnpike traffic volume hits record lows as economy slows
Traffic is the slowest in decades, officials said, showing the impact of COVID-19 on the state’s highways.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2020
Community steps up to help hospital cope with health crisis
Maine health care students help their hard-pressed future colleagues, Bates College, businesses and others also offer assistance.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2020
Community steps up to help hospital cope with health crisis
Maine health care students help their hard-pressed future colleagues, Bates College, businesses and others also offer assistance.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2020
‘One of Maine’s many cranks,’ Lewiston’s Elias Gove once sought $1 billion from Abraham Lincoln
Gove, who died in 1894, thought of himself as a prophet and a billionaire, but the world saw him differently.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2020
Maine congressional race turns hot after Trump scorches an Eric Brakey ally
Adrienne Bennett and Dale Crafts, challenging Brakey in Maine congressional primary, tie him to a Republican congressman Trump said should be thrown out of the GOP.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2020
Police log
Arrests Lewiston • Jamie Mason, 43, of Lewiston, on a charge of domestic violence assault with priors, 12:30 a.m. Thursday at 190 Ash St.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2020
Eric Brakey denounces $2.2 trillion relief bill as a ‘rotten deal for the American people’
Eric Brakey is alone among the three Republicans in Maine’s 2nd District congressional primary in rejecting the compromise bill that won unanimous backing in the U.S. Senate.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2020
Person diagnosed with COVID-19 had access to TD Bank call center in Auburn
A non-employee who had done work at the call center received a presumptive positive test for the virus last week, the company said.
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