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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.

Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State

Jared Golden criticized for vehemence of his opposition to student debt relief

by Steve Collins August 18, 2023August 19, 2023

Golden issued a controversial statement on the issue Friday that drew sharp retorts from those who favor student loan forgiveness.

Lewiston-Auburn

Lewiston man’s Civil War letters ‘a witness to some of our nation’s most important moments of history’

by Steve Collins August 18, 2023August 18, 2023

George Nye may be the only soldier who rose from private to general.

Local & State

Wildfires remain a long-term threat to almost two-thirds of the properties in Maine

by Steve Collins August 14, 2023August 15, 2023

Maine has a history of major wildfires that have over the years left towns in ruins.

Books, Business, Lewiston-Auburn

Farmers’ Almanac looks ahead to ‘Greatest Show on Earth’

by Steve Collins July 31, 2023August 2, 2023

Lewiston-based almanac eyes total eclipse next spring — and colder weather, too.

Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Nation & World, Politics

President Biden reaches out to Jared Golden during speech in Auburn

by Steve Collins July 28, 2023July 28, 2023

Though the Lewiston Democrat has often been a thorn in Biden’s side, the president offered only kind words for the Maine lawmaker on Friday.

Local & State, Politics

Our live updates from Biden’s visit to Maine

by Staff Report July 28, 2023July 29, 2023

5:54 p.m. BRUNSWICK — Air Force One has taken off from the Brunswick Executive Airport to take President Biden to Delaware. He is set to land in Dover and then head to Rehoboth Beach. As the plane prepared for takeoff, a group of protesters on motorcycles drove down Orion Street chanting “(expletive) Joe Biden.” — […]