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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PublishedNovember 8, 2022
Jared Golden holds a lead in Maine’s closely fought 2nd District race
After a costly and hard-fought rematch of the 2018 contest, both Golden and Poliquin hope for the best.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2022
Lewiston’s Mana Abdi to be first Somali-American lawmaker in Maine
“I’m walking into new territory,” Abdi said. She says her election is a sign that the Legislature is growing more representative of the people it serves.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2022
Analysis: Golden, Poliquin, Bond: Money, ads abound as CD 2 race offers sense of the familiar
The three-way race in Maine’s divided 2nd District offers a rematch of the 2018 contest with control of the U.S. House possibly on the line.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2022
Bates College focuses on search for a new president
A search panel hopes to recommend a successor to Clayton Spencer by spring.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2022
Paul LePage and Bruce Poliquin team up to campaign in Lewiston
The two Republican candidates told seniors at the Franco Center that Maine and the nation need change.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2022
Alan Jackson’s bar in Nashville to honor a superfan from Auburn
Mary Ann “Marie” Gallant of Auburn died last year at the age of 80. Her ashes will stay in Maine, not Nashville.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2022
U.S. Mint likely to put Lewiston’s Bernard Lown on a dollar coin in 2024
The inventor of the defibrillator, educated at Lewiston High School, to represent Maine in the American Innovations coin program
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PublishedOctober 2, 2022
Fate of a rural Maine chapel worries neighbors
It was built years ago as an interfaith chapel by Ellis Pond residents and later given to the Portland Diocese. Residents would like it back, but silence from the diocese has them worried.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2022
Three contenders clash in what may be the only 2nd District congressional debate
Candidates in televised debate offer different takes on a wide array of issues.
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PublishedSeptember 26, 2022
Tiffany Bond is only candidate to attend first 2nd District debate
Rep. Jared Golden and Bruce Poliquin skipped event hosted by Maine Public
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