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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PublishedOctober 30, 2020
Three Bates College students test positive for COVID-19
There are now four active student cases at the college, which had been doing well at fending off the disease.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2020
Maskless Maine Republican candidate faces firestorm after Trump rally
Michelle Kaplan said she’s a firm believer in science and masks.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2020
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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PublishedOctober 27, 2020
Trump rally in Maine 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.
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PublishedOctober 26, 2020
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.
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PublishedOctober 25, 2020
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.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2020
Another Bates College student has COVID-19
A student who tested positive this week has been moved into isolation housing.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2020
In final 2nd District debates, Dale Crafts takes jabs at Jared Golden
Maine’s junior congressman duels with his Republican challenger in televised debates.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2020
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.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2020
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.
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