With flooding on the rise as Maine’s weather changes, lawmakers eye measure to lessen economic impact.
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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Maine’s congressional delegation splits on whether Trump should be barred from ballot
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree is the only member of Maine’s congressional delegation who expressed support for the decision to keep Donald Trump off the the Republican primary ballot.
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After Lewiston shootings, gun control is a serious campaign issue in Maine
Candidates for U.S. House, U.S. Senate differ on best approach to guns.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
How ‘true heroes’ tried to stop a killer at a Lewiston bowling alley
Two women who survived the Oct. 25 mass shooting tell the story of how their partners fell victim trying to save others.
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With ‘deep sadness,’ Gov. Janet Mills ponders Lewiston mass shootings
The governor said there were no easy answers for what should come next, but she is determined to consider every option.
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Wounded in Lewiston shooting, he repeated one thought: ‘Survive’
Grievously injured in the Oct. 25 massacre, Ben Dyer emerged forever changed, but no less determined to find his path: ‘I’ve got a life to live.’
Posted inElections, Local & State, Politics
National Republicans push Austin Theriault as their pick in Maine 2nd District race
A primary will select the party’s challenger against U.S. Rep. Jared Golden next year.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Officials figuring out how to distribute $2.4 million in mass shooting-related donations
The funds will likely be handed out to victims of the Lewiston shootings in March, according to administrators of the Lewiston-Auburn Area Response Fund.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Lewiston removes temporary mass shooting memorials to preserve them
With winter at hand, officials Tuesday packed up several makeshift memorials before ice and plows could destroy them. The items will be incorporated into an exhibit at the Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor in Lewiston.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Politics
Eric Brakey won’t seek reelection, plans to move to New Hampshire
Auburn’s state senator said he’ll become director of a libertarian group after his Senate term ends