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 8, 2019
As popularity of e-bikes soars, Maine asks if they’re motor vehicles
Battery-assisted bicycles fall into a regulatory gray zone that lawmakers aim to clarify in a bid to boost their use.
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PublishedMay 7, 2019
Sen. Collins may face first primary challenge since winning seat in 1996
Derek Lavasseur, a conservative activist from Fairfield, says he will challenge Collins in the June 2020 primary.
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PublishedMay 6, 2019
Former Democratic Lewiston mayor is considering challenging Sen. Collins in 2020
A lawyer, Jim Howaniec, 60, says his fiscal conservatism and social liberalism could give him a shot.
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PublishedApril 28, 2019
Students fear Bates will become ‘playground for elites,’ but college defends its cost
Students call for administrators to cancel a planned 3.4% increase in the price tag for the next academic year.
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PublishedApril 28, 2019
Revisiting Auburn’s high-seas mutiny hangings: Still a compelling story
One of Maine’s last executions took place in Auburn in 1858, when 2o 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 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
The governor says she’ll fight to preserve the Maine she loves.
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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 13, 2019
Seth Carey’s unsuccessful DA race spurs effort to change law
A Turner lawmaker sponsors a bill to prevent suspended lawyers from becoming district attorneys.
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