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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.

Local & State, Nation & World, Politics

Jared Golden unhappy with ‘out of touch,’ partisan leadership on Capitol Hill

by Steve Collins December 22, 2020December 23, 2020

Maine’s 2nd District Democratic congressman blocked a $4,500 pay hike for colleagues, but went along with $2.4 trillion spending package this week.

Local & State

Congress backs Sen. Collins’ measure for women’s history museum

by Steve Collins December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

Two new Smithsonian museums for the nation’s capital included in year-end funding bill, including one Collins has sought since 2003.

Business, Local & State, Schools and Education

Laid-off workers from Jay mill can go to college for free

by Steve Collins December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

177 ex-employees are eligible for retraining at two area community colleges.

Local & State, Politics

Angus King calls on streaming services to help Americans binge-watch through the holidays

by Steve Collins December 17, 2020December 18, 2020

Maine’s senator calls on Netflix, HBO, Disney, Amazon and Apple to offer free streaming to encourage people to stay home for Christmas.

Local & State, News

Renewing Bates’ ‘cherished place’

by Steve Collins December 13, 2020December 14, 2020

With Lisbon glass expert Jim Nutting fixing its stained-glass windows, the 107-year-old chapel at Bates College sparkles more than ever after a two-year renovation.