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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PublishedMarch 20, 2025
Municipal bans on homeless shelters may be prohibited in Maine
Lawmakers are weighing a bill that would prevent cities and towns from blocking homeless shelters.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2025
Funding for SeniorsPlus, other local projects among those yanked by Congress
A planned SeniorsPlus nutrition and education center lost $1 million when Congress passed an emergency budget resolution last week to prevent a government shutdown.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2025
Lewiston teen faces deportation after Border Patrol in Maine detains him
The Border Patrol is ‘detaining kids, yanking them from their stable homes and communities, and for what?’ said a lawyer for the boy, who is an undocumented immigrant.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2025
Muslim holy days should be state holidays, Lewiston lawmaker says
Rep. Mana Abdi, D-Lewiston, is pushing for Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to join Christmas, Thanksgiving and others on the state calendar of holidays.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2025
Paul LePage may be eyeing another campaign in Maine
LePage, who is registered to vote in Florida, is said to be weighing a run in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2025
How an Auburn man started a pro-North newspaper in London during the Civil War
John Adams Knight, whose house sits in Auburn’s West Pitch Park, acknowledged that once he backed the North, it was a trying time.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2025
Academic standing ‘not sustainable’ without larger endowment, Bates College warns
President Garry Jenkins aims to bolster fundraising to catch up with its academic peers.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2025
Auburn rail line to Portland should be a trail, lawmakers told
Opponents of the proposal to create a 26-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail along the route say the tracks should stay in place in case passenger rail service returns.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2025
Mainers are howling about coyote hunting proposal
A legislative committee in Augusta got an earful from both sides about a bill that would limit coyote hunting.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2025
First Democratic challenger to Sen. Susan Collins emerges
Little-known Natasha Alcala takes aim at one of nation’s most hotly contested U.S. Senate seats.
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