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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.

Maine

‘One easy, simple step’ to protect Maine’s lakes from invasive species

by Steve Collins February 21, 2021February 20, 2021

Legislature considers a ‘Pull the Plug Law’ to require boaters to drain out any water before they leave an inland waterway.

Maine

Lawmakers urged to yank state investments from fossil fuel companies

by Steve Collins February 11, 2021

Legislature weighs measure that proponents say would help combat a growing climate crisis.

Lewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education

Bates College adopts stricter COVID-19 rules as students return for spring semester

by Steve Collins February 10, 2021February 26, 2021

Pending two rounds of medical tests, students will be largely isolated from each other for four or five days when they get to campus.

Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Schools & Education

Maine may benefit from a warming Arctic, Angus King says

by Steve Collins February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

Maine’s junior senator said new shipping lanes opening in the north may boost the state’s three major ports as trade routes change.

Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Schools & Education

Expecting new COVID-19 cases to arrive with students, Bates College will add rapid tests to screenings

by Steve Collins February 3, 2021February 3, 2021

Bates students will begin to file back onto campus this week, and with the crowd will come increased risk of COVID-19 transmission, say campus officials.

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Togo: History’s most heroic dog spent his final years at Poland Spring

by Steve Collins January 31, 2021May 4, 2022

Famed for delivering life-saving medicine across the Alaskan wilderness in 1925, Togo, a lead sled dog, wound up in Maine. A statue to honor him at Poland Spring is in the works.