For me, the internet posts and the tattoo are less disqualifying than the glaring lack of a political record.
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.
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Graham Platner should take this opportunity to bow out | Steve Collins
The Senate candidate’s rapidly accumulating baggage should rule him out of the running.
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In campaign against Susan Collins, Democrats ignore reality | Steve Collins
Maine’s senior senator, a master politician, is going to be extremely tough to oust in 2026.
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A Maine movie from 1920 reminds us of the power of silence | Steve Collins
These days, while arguments rage from one end of the land to the other, there’s something appealing about the idea of silence.
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Susan Collins says shutdown can be averted. Now to prove it. | Steve Collins
Democrats have no good reason to force this issue.
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Charlie Kirk was wrong about Maine | Steve Collins
Our state isn’t becoming a ‘Third World dumping ground,’ is it?
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Remembering Bill Diamond, Maine’s ‘one true statesman’
Diamond’s long career showed us the value of tackling tough issues with civility and a spirit of bipartisanship.
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Susan Collins should quit the Republican Party | Steve Collins
The party Sen. Collins long knew and admired is utterly unrecognizable today. I believe Maine voters would reward her for acting on that reality.
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The happy reality is that Maine’s finances are in good shape | Steve Collins
An upgraded bond rating and a $152 million surplus are undeniable signs of good stewardship.
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‘From away’ shouldn’t be an insult for those who choose to live in Maine | Steve Collins
It’s actually just a way of saying we’re an attractive enough place that people want to come, some to stay.