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 7, 2020
Republican congressional contenders angle to show the most loyalty to Trump
In Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, Adrienne Bennett and Dale Crafts call for independent presidential candidate Justin Amash to quit the race and back Trump.
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PublishedMay 6, 2020
Area officials tapped for new state pandemic recovery committee
Two state lawmakers and Lewiston’s economic development director among those told to help ‘guide our economic recovery.’
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PublishedMay 6, 2020
New Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program offers cash to help feed Maine’s children
Families whose children get free or reduced-price meals will get $382 per child to compensate them for what they missed after schools closed.
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PublishedMay 5, 2020
Sunday River Brewing Co. defiantly reopens, and state issues two more citations
Bethel restaurant enforces social distancing and co-owner says ‘things are happening’ as it reopens
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PublishedMay 4, 2020
Rick Savage says Sunday River Brewing Co. will reopen Tuesday despite losing licenses
The brew pub owner from Bethel plans to begin serving customers again Tuesday and keep pressing the state to stop the public health clampdown on the economy.
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PublishedMay 2, 2020
Max Linn, U.S. Senate hopeful, called the USA ‘a dying country’
The Maine independent, who is running against Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, warns that Americans need ‘to wake up’ to socialist threat.
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PublishedMay 1, 2020
Republicans seeking U.S. House seat criticize Gov. Mills’ plan
Three contenders in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District call for state to reopen more quickly than the governor’s plan envisions.
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PublishedApril 30, 2020
Lewiston remains committed to anti-poverty push
Officials continue effort to figure out how to help families mired for generations in poverty.
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PublishedApril 29, 2020
Lewiston hopes for tax windfall from hydropower project
With revenues in doubt because of the pandemic, officials eye $7 million or more in possible new property taxes.
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PublishedApril 28, 2020
Some Republicans are calling Janet Mills a dictator
Critics say she went too far in shutting down Maine’s economy, but supporters say she has kept Mainers safe.
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