Michelle Kaplan said she’s a firm believer in science and masks.
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 inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Mainers encouraged to apply for jobs on controversial power line
Work on the $1 billion project is expected to being in mid-November.
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Posted inElection 2020, Maine
Trump rally brings complaints, quarantine after rules on masks, distancing ignored
A medical professional who posed beside prominent politicians is self-quarantining for 14 days as a precaution.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Maine, Politics
In 1984, a Mainer cast the first-ever vote for Joe Biden for president
Keron Kerr said Monday she alone backed him at the Democratic convention because he wowed with his speech, his thinking and his smile.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Politics
Can Susan Collins avoid the fate of a legendary Maine senator?
Mainers refused a fifth term to Margaret Chase Smith, the only lawmaker until Collins who’s sought one since voters began electing senators more than a century ago.
Posted inElection 2020, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Sara Gideon promises to keep a Senate office in Lewiston
During a visit to Auburn on Friday, the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate asked a lot of questions, made few promises.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Another Bates College student has COVID-19
A student who tested positive this week has been moved into isolation housing.
Posted inElection 2020, Maine, Politics
In final 2nd District debates, Dale Crafts takes jabs at Jared Golden
Maine’s junior congressman duels with his Republican challenger in televised debates.
Posted inElection 2020, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Green Party’s Howie Hawkins hopes nation chooses ranked-choice voting
Greens are optimistic that Lisa Savage may do well in Maine’s four-way U.S. Senate race.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
In Maine’s 2nd District congressional race, Jared Golden and Dale Crafts differ on many issues
When the congressman and his challenger served together in Augusta, their voting records were almost polar opposites.