Colin Woodard is the Press Herald’s State and National Affairs Writer, and is often at work on large investigative projects. Born in Waterville and raised in western Maine, he was a foreign correspondent for two decades, reported from more than fifty countries on all seven continents, and witnessed the collapse of communism and its bloody aftermath in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. He’s written five books, including histories of Maine (The Lobster Coast), North America’s rival regional cultures (American Nations) and the Golden Age Pirates (Republic of Pirates), which was turned into a quickly forgotten NBC mini-series starring John Malkovich as Blackbeard. Since joining the Press Herald in 2012, he’s won a George Polk Award and was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. He used to be an avid sailor and SCUBA diver, but with small kids at home, his hobbies now include sleeping and picking up toys.
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PublishedMarch 7, 2017
Trump’s proposed cuts to NOAA alarm Maine’s marine community
Funds for federal services that fishermen, aquaculturists and others rely on would be slashed, and UMaine’s vital Sea Grant program would be gone.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2017
Navigating political crosswinds, Sen. Collins stays true to her goals
Scrutinizing the senator’s record in controversial votes, observers say she generally satisfies those most affected by the outcome.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2017
Sens. King, Collins pleased with Sessions’ recusal from any probe of presidential campaign
While Maine’s senators and Rep. Poliquin had called for his recusal early Thursday, Rep. Pingree said the attorney general should resign.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2017
Sen. King ‘deeply troubled’ by White House influence on Trump-Russia investigations
He worries that an inquiry by the committee he serves on will lose credibility because its Republican chairman has challenged media reports at the request of the White House.
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2017
Voters are pressuring Sen. Collins to hold a town hall meeting
But Maine’s senior senator, like others before her, says she prefers to schedule private meetings to confront constituents’ concerns.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2017
Sen. Collins aims to ‘get to the bottom’ of Russian ties to election, whatever it takes
She and Maine’s Sen. Angus King both want Michael Flynn to testify; Collins doesn’t rule out a subpoena of Trump tax returns.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2017
For fisheries regulations, a Trump edict signals uncertainty
There’s some dispute about how routine rules would be affected, but larger actions would be all but undoable under the presidential executive order.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2017
Sen. Angus King says Intelligence Committee probing Flynn’s talks with Russian diplomats
He and Senate colleague Susan Collins have confidence in their committee and see no need for the independent commission being called for by Democrats.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2017
Susan Collins defends her vote to silence colleague Elizabeth Warren
Collins voted in favor of upholding an obscure rule after the Massachusetts senator read a scathing letter that Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow wrote about Jeff Sessions, who was confirmed Wednesday as Trump’s attorney general.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2017
Maine senators on losing side in opposing DeVos nomination
Observers predict the education chief’s appointment will have little effect on Maine schools.
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