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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PublishedApril 22, 2024
Nonprofits receive community support funds from mass shooting donations
Twenty-nine nonprofits each received $63,000 from a $1.9 million fund created with donations after the Oct. 25, 2023, mass shooting.
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PublishedApril 22, 2024
Congressional hopeful Mike Soboleski says House Republican leader ‘sold out’ America
Soboleski questions House passage of foreign aid bills and why his primary opponent has remained mum on the issue.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Sen. Angus King joins bipartisan push to develop oversight of potentially dangerous AI use
Four U.S. senators offer framework to guard against ‘bad actors looking to cause harm.’
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PublishedApril 16, 2024
Lee Clement seeks a state House seat to represent Lewiston
Lee Clement said he “sees the cost of everything rising, government spending out of control and not responsive to the needs of Maine’s citizens.”
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PublishedApril 16, 2024
U.S. House, Senate candidates in Maine haul in campaign cash
In 2nd District Republican primary, Austin Theriault holds big fundraising lead.
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PublishedApril 10, 2024
Murder trial delayed for accused killer of Harlem drug lord Alpo Martinez
Martinez was killed in Harlem in 2021.
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PublishedApril 9, 2024
Eclipse watchers become traffic watchers on clogged Maine roads
More than 10 times the normal traffic levels turned many rural Maine roads into bumper-to-bumper congestion
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PublishedApril 8, 2024
Maine got lucky with Monday’s solar eclipse
Totality lasted two and a half minutes. But everyone who saw it will never forget what they witnessed.
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PublishedApril 8, 2024
Video: Eclipse watchers settle into Rangeley to ‘witness celestial mechanics in motion’
There were many woos and aaaahhhhs as people took off special glasses that let them look at the sun and stared with naked eyes at the astonishing sight of the moon replacing the sun.
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PublishedApril 4, 2024
Maine to allow more hoop houses and greenhouses for residents to grow food
A legal change removes building code provisions that made it hard to erect the structures in urban areas.
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