When the ERA failed to gain enough support by one old 1982 deadline, it seemed dead, but it suddenly has life again and may win approval within months.
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.
Posted inLocal & State
Collins seeks to ‘fix’ federal tax marriage penalty
Maine’s senior senator pushes to double the deduction for state and local taxes for married filers, a change that would help many in high-tax states like Maine.
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Former Gov. Baldacci comes to aid of scammed Auburn woman
John Baldacci is organizing a fundraising dinner to raise money for 95-year-old Barbara Hinckley, who lost all her savings to a con man last summer.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Reopening Saddleback will bring more than skiing back to Rangeley area
A range of emotions in Rangeley — “I think everybody around here is very excited,” “I don’t think they want to celebrate until that line is signed” — around the new Saddleback Mountain sale announcement.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, News
Rankings show Maine’s hospitals are safest in the country
A watchdog group says most Maine hospitals, including Lewiston’s CMMC, get an A grade for patient safety.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston stars in two offerings at Bates Film Festival
Documentaries focused on the city’s diverse cultures slated for free showings Thursday at Bates Colllege.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Promised $2.5 million and a Mercedes, an Auburn senior wound up losing her life savings
Barbara Hinckley, 95, lost everything to a sweet-talking scam artist who told her she’d placed second in a sweepstakes for the Publisher’s Clearing House.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine aims to test every toddler for possible lead poisoning
A new law requires screenings for every child at ages 1 and 2 in bid to catch lead exposure early and minimize the health impact it can have.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Senate Democrats eye programs for broadband, student debt relief and more
At a town hall session in Auburn, lawmakers discussed their ‘Fighting for Maine’ agenda and plans for the next session in Augusta.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Democrats hopeful as they bring campaigns for U.S. Senate to rural Sangerville Grange
SANGERVILLE — For a few hours recently, the 115-year-old East Sangerville Grange Hall, one of those classic white clapboard New England structures, stood at the center of what may prove the most important U.S. Senate race in the nation. That mid-October Saturday night marked the first time each of the Maine Democratic Party’s Senate contenders gathered […]
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