The Lewiston hopeful, who got a ticket for failing to yield to a pedestrian, said the woman was injured but is out of the hospital.
Steve Collins
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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.
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Gun-rights champion Eric Brakey says he’ll give an AR-15 to a donor to his congressional campaign
The Republican running in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District plans to hand over a $1,200 gun next month to someone who signs up to become a monthly donor.
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U.S. House passes Rep. Golden’s bill to help federal small business program
A measure by the 2nd Congressional District Democrat to increase funding for the Small Business Development Center program got bipartisan support this week.
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CMP criticizes fake signs posted on Farmington explosion site
Central Maine Power officials say signs touting its proposed $1 billion transmission line project were meant to sour the public’s view of the New England Clean Energy Connect plan.
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Former ambassador now living in Maine says U.S. policy in Syria ‘was always going to end badly’
Robert Ford of rural Beaver Cove says President Trump made the right decision to pull American troops out of Syria.
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Seniors find high-dose flu vaccines hard to come by
Health officials say the shortage is only temporary and supplies of the high-dose shots often used by seniors will be available soon.
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Secretive Facebook pages roil Lewiston’s mayoral campaign
Two social media pages purporting to back Mark Cayer’s mayoral bid are actually undermining it, the Democrat says.
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Sara Gideon decries high prescription drug prices during campaign swing in Lewiston
A handpicked group talked to the Freeport Democrat Thursday about how the costs are affecting them.
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Republican Dale Crafts declares candidacy for U.S. House seat
The former state lawmaker says his backers include former Gov. Paul LePage and 2018 gubernatorial candidate Shawn Moody.
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Rally for Trump draws fans and foes to Lewiston
Mainers gather in front of U.S. Rep. Jared Golden’s office to pressure him on the looming impeachment battle in Washington.