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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PublishedMay 22, 2019
Lewiston man pleads not guilty in Giusti death
LEWISTON — The oldest of a trio of males charged last month in the June 12, 2018, death of Donald Giusti pleaded not guilty in court Wednesday. Pierre Musafiri, 23, was charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly kicking Giusti while he lay badly injured in Knox Street after a confrontation between two groups near Kennedy […]
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PublishedMay 20, 2019
Golden protests ‘gotcha politics’ move by House leaders
Lewiston Democrat says measures with bipartisan backing should be allowed to go the Senate without tying them to bills the GOP won’t support.
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PublishedMay 18, 2019
An Auburn murder in 1867 led to political feud in Augusta
Maine’s top politicians clashed after the Civil War over the hanging of a former slave.
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PublishedMay 16, 2019
Using squash to build community and futures
Great Falls Forum speaker from Portland Community Squash tells how his passion for youngsters and squash meshed to create a thriving nonprofit.
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PublishedMay 16, 2019
Bates College achieves carbon neutral status to help stave off climate change
Bates is the seventh college in the country to reach its goal pronounced in 2007.
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PublishedMay 15, 2019
Nobel-recognized professor: Banning nuclear weapons is possible
Speaking at Bates College, Emily Welty says ‘the world is worth fighting for.’
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PublishedMay 14, 2019
Measure urges more support for employee-owned companies
Sen. Nate Libby’s bill would offer tax breaks to help owners of companies sell to their workers or tenants.
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PublishedMay 13, 2019
Activists hold ‘Goodbye CMP’ party in Lewiston
Group supports bill to buy out Central Maine Power to create a public electrical utility in its place.
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PublishedMay 13, 2019
‘Saturday Night Live’ zings Susan Collins in opening skit
Her opponents say the television comedy show has Maine’s longtime senator pegged.
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PublishedMay 9, 2019
Legislators consider putting school security videos off-limits to public
Lawmakers try to figure out what footage of schoolchildren should be accessible to people outside the school.
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