Republicans in Augusta and Washington are trying to stymie or repeal a voting method they say helps Democrats like Jared Golden.
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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Fleeing scene of dog attack could become a crime in Maine
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Wayne Gallant case spurs legislators to eye ways to deal with wayward elected officials
Sen. Lisa Keim, R-Oxford, says changes are needed to protect public integrity.
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Susan Collins’ only challenger collecting cans and bottles to fund campaign
Independent Danielle Ravyn VanHelsing seeks campaign cash while cleaning up Maine.
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Maine’s Rep. Jared Golden clashes with House Republican leader
Maine’s 2nd District congressman argues campaign finance with Kevin McCarthy on the House floor.
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Collins says she won’t decide until 2020 whether to endorse Trump
Maine’s senior senator, who opposed the president in 2016, says she needs to work with Trump in the meantime.
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Activists take aim at Jared Golden for votes on gun rights, ICE
Maine Democrat comes under fire from gun control group and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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To fight cancer, Maine may allow students to use sunscreen in school
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Jared Golden, Chellie Pingree to split votes on expanding gun background checks
Pingree has expressed support for the measure, but Golden says his 2nd Congressional District voted against the same idea in a 2016 referendum.