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 22, 2021
‘A little, weak Democrat could beat me up’: Congressional candidate Mike Perkins in hospital with COVID-19
Republican hopeful says he’s feeling ‘like I got hit by a tractor-trailer and then the truck backed up and hit me again.’
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PublishedNovember 19, 2021
School board seats from Minot up for grabs in town election
Paperwork for potential candidates will be available Wednesday and must be completed before Jan. 3.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2021
Jared Golden takes flak from Democratic allies for opposing Build Back Better bill
The Lewiston Democrat was the only member of his party in the U.S. House to oppose measure pushed by President Biden.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2021
Democrats criticize Bruce Poliquin for aiding a group that opposes gay marriage
The leading Republican congressional contender in Maine’s 2nd District is scheduled to help train politically-minded Christian activists at a session sponsored by an anti-gay group.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2021
Faced with a COVID-19 outbreak, Minot school goes remote until after Thanksgiving
Seventeen students and two adults tested positive for the disease and others must quarantine, officials said
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PublishedNovember 17, 2021
Peggy Rotundo seeks to reclaim state Senate seat she last held in 2008
A popular Lewiston Democrat aims to succeed Sen. Nate Libby, who can not run again due to term limits
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PublishedNovember 16, 2021
Wales lawmaker out of hospital after COVID-19; still speaking out against vaccine
Randall Greenwood, who is recovering at home after a 12-day hospital stay that included time on a ventilator, says he won’t get vaccinated.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2021
FEZtival of Trees to open Friday, but without online raffle
A legal glitch prevented Lewiston’s Kora Shrine Temple from repeating the successful online fundraiser it held last year and hopes to hold again in the future.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2021
Tom Saviello mulling a run for Maine governor
The former Wilton lawmaker, an independent, will be deciding “pretty soon” whether to seek election next year for state’s top job against Gov. Janet Mills and former Gov. Paul LePage.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2021
Caratunk woman enters race against Bruce Poliquin for election to Maine’s 2nd District
Elizabeth Caruso, a leader in the fight against the NECEC project, jumps into congressional race to unseat Jared Golden.
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