Former Gov. Paul LePage has filed paperwork to challenge Rep. Jared Golden in the 2nd Congressional District. Is he really the best man for the job?
Steve Collins
Columnist
Steve Collins became an opinion columnist for the Maine Trust for Local News in April of 2025. A journalist since 1987, Steve has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine and served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. The Maine Press Association named him Maine's Journalist of the Year in 2022. Among his other awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award, the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015 and the Bob Wallack Community Journalism Award from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. Steve 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, 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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An old Senate tradition needs to be put out of its misery | Steve Collins
The president pro tempore, third in the line of presidential succession, is typically the longest-serving senator from the majority party. How does 91-year-old President Charles Grassley sound?
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Statue of Muhammad Ali to capture spirit of boxer — and of Lewiston | Steve Collins
On May 25, what promises to become one of Maine’s most recognized works of public art will be unveiled.
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Believe it or not, Maine’s politics remain middle-of-the-road | Steve Collins
Recent partisan ire is creating an inaccurate impression of our state.
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Maine falls foul of Facebook group fakery | Steve Collins
A page claiming to take an interest in our state’s history is rife with shameless plagiarism and spammy offers.
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Voters, not legislators’ secret ballots, should decide who leads Maine | Steve Collins
This insider process isn’t fit for purpose. Let’s change it.
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Looking Back for April 15, 2025
100 years ago: 1925 “Still gasping over the sensational seizure of six Lewiston taxis and the arrest of seven men and one woman by Seth May’s Federal prohibition agents in Lewiston-Auburn Tuesday evening, a fresh sensation was furnished the community Wednesday morning when news that 16 more Lewiston men had been arrested on Federal indictments.” […]
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Looking Back for April 14, 2025
100 years ago: 1925 “There will be a drastic change in the Lewiston police officers’ beats within the next week or 10 days. But one policeman is to remain at his present post after the new beats are assigned, it is said. Some of the special officers for traffic patrol and vacation officer’s duties will […]
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Looking Back for April 13, 2025
100 years ago: 1925 “Lewiston city hall is bubbling over with excitement at the news that an attempt was made sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning to break into the city clerk’s office by extracting a large window pane in the door. Napoleon Hamel, clerk of the office discovered the attempt Sunday noon. Three […]
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Looking Back for April 12, 2025
100 years ago: 1925 “Evangelist Carrigan of Lewiston, trusty at the county jail, Auburn, was absent without leave at dinnertime yesterday, and in the opinion of the sheriff was to all intents and purposes and escaped prisoner at the evening roll call last night. Sheriff Murray as soon as he learned of Carrigan’s departure made […]