Steve Collins

Sun Journal

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.

Latest

Published
February 5, 2021

Maine may benefit from a warming Arctic, Angus King says

Maine’s junior senator said new shipping lanes opening in the north may boost the state’s three major ports as trade routes change.
Published
January 25, 2021

Lewiston’s Nate Libby stepping down as Senate majority leader

The four-term Democrat said he’ll remain in the Legislature.
Published
January 15, 2021

Controversial power project gets final permit, but CMP may have to wait for construction to start

A federal appeals court called a halt to some work pending further review of a legal case brought by foes of the hydropower transmission line through western Maine.
Published
January 13, 2021

Eric Brakey backs termination of former Young Americans for Liberty leader

Former state senator from Auburn says sexual misconduct charges shook his faith in the leadership of the libertarian group that employs him as a policy advisor.
Published
January 12, 2021

Legislators weigh measure that would allow nicknames on ballots

Governor worries some might choose nicknames like “The Greatest” or “The People’s Hero” instead of the names they really use.
Published
January 9, 2021

Max Linn was among ‘happy, joyful’ crowd in Washington as insurgents stormed U.S. Capitol

Failed U.S. Senate candidate from Bar Harbor said he thought it would be a “victory party.”
Published
January 8, 2021

Bates president says Capitol assault laid bare ‘ugly truths’ nation must face

Bates College President Clayton Spencer said higher education depends on truth, evidence and ‘a culture of persuasion rather than violence.’
Published
January 1, 2021

Public asked to help find marijuana thieves in Turner

$15,000 worth of processed product taken
Published
December 29, 2020

Maine People’s Party plans to start enrolling members this week

A new, progressive political party hopes to become a force in state and national politics.
Published
December 22, 2020

Jared Golden unhappy with ‘out of touch,’ partisan leadership on Capitol Hill

Maine’s 2nd District Democratic congressman blocked a $4,500 pay hike for colleagues, but went along with $2.4 trillion spending package this week.