Lawmakers said they want rules that would keep drivers safe when they are transporting bodies in Maine.
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.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Bates College fires a top campus safety officer for violating use-of-force policies
Lead Campus Safety Officer Dennis Skinner, who was fired for an incident in which he tackled a student, said he didn’t try to restrain that student until he pushed him.
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Posted inHealth, Maine
Make Medicare available to those 60 and older, Jared Golden urges president
Lewiston Democrat among leaders in U.S. House urging President Joe Biden to endorse lowering the health care program’s eligibility age and bolster its coverage.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
A hundred years ago, Lewiston elected women to office for the first time
In 1921, finally allowed to participate fully, women won four school board seats and controlled a majority of the panel.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Auburn man, hoping to make a difference from his home, has weighed in on 33 bills — and that’s just this month
Mark Chasse, a retiree, pays close attention to bills under consideration in Augusta and doesn’t hesitate to offer his two cents’ worth at public hearings.
Posted inMaine
Debate resurfaces on whether to allow Sunday hunting in Maine
Long a hot topic in Augusta, hunters hope they’ll have more luck lifting the ban this year.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Legislators weigh whether to require free tampons and pads in Maine schools
Hoping to ease the burden on students, legislators may mandate free sanitary supplies in bathrooms.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Whew! 2 downtown Lewiston restaurants plan to reopen
Mother India and Break Coffee Shop, closed since April 12, say they will be back in business soon.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
New committee to lead effort to reduce poverty in Lewiston
Mayor Mark Cayer appoints new panel to press ahead in what has been a two-year quest to tackle poverty-related problems creatively.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Maine wine distributors urge legislators not to revise direct-to-consumer rules for out-of-state sellers
Maine stores and distributors say a proposed change would open the door to unfair out-of-state competition.