Maine’s senior senator has gone from popular to polarizing in the era of Donald Trump. How will her latest vote affect her re-election bid and her legacy?
Eric Russell
Staff Writer
Eric Russell has been a general assignment reporter at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2012 and has been a journalist in Maine since 2004. Because he doesn’t have a specific geographic or topical area to cover, Eric often is free to roam the state in pursuit of the most interesting stories, whether it’s tackling the big topic of the day or chasing ideas that fall just outside the boundaries of everyday news. His favorite assignments are ones where he can leave the office and meet with people in their homes or their workplaces to talk about their struggles and challenges – and sometimes their triumphs. Or to try and answer complicated questions.
Eric grew up in Southern Maine, went to college at the University of Maine and worked in Bangor for eight years before joining the Press Herald. He lives in Brunswick with his wife, a school teacher, and two daughters.
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Sen. Collins says she opposes any retribution against impeachment witnesses
Maine’s Republican senator defended her votes to acquit Trump on the same day Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who testified against him, lost his White House job and EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland announced he had been recalled.
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Portland investigators seek emails, texts in probe of disabled man’s death
Portland police have a search warrant for communications among employees of a Biddeford-based service provider, as investigators look into the death of a man who was not given insulin he needed to treat his diabetes.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State, News
Do-it-yourself music makers dare to dream
In their own bedrooms and basements, inspired young songwriters in Maine have access to the high-tech tools and distribution outlets to blossom on their own terms.
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Gideon raised $3.5 million for Senate run in final quarter of 2019
The top Democratic challenger to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins releases her latest fundraising numbers.
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State’s rush to judgment almost took this boy from his family
Jaxen Steimlosk, 4, of North Yarmouth has lived with serious health problems for most of his life. But officials accused his mother of medical child abuse and tried to assume custody.
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Gorham woman harassed by drone learns that not much can be done about it
Mary Dunham said the drone tracked her for 2 days, an experience she describes as ‘unnerving,’ and it continued to hover even when police arrived to investigate.
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Five overdose deaths so far this month have Portland on alert
Police say the rash of overdoses is concerning and yet another sign that the state’s prolonged opioid crisis has not abated.
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Maine native lends a hand to MIA search effort in Vietnam
Master Sgt. Aliah Reyes, who grew up in Eliot and graduated from Marshwood High School, has been in the Air Force for 20 years and is currently stationed in Hawaii.
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A new Mainer’s dream of U.S. citizenship is finally fulfilled
Abdi Nor Iftin, who came to America in 2014 after winning a diversity visa lottery, became a naturalized citizen on Friday, along with 45 other people from 25 countries.