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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PublishedJanuary 13, 2022
Varney daughters detail a harrowing scene on night of their parents’ murder
Officers held one of them for hours in a room next door while a suspect chanted, vomited and asked police ‘disturbing questions’
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2022
Paul LePage says Lewiston students may need to stay in school into July
Former governor said he is opposed to lowering the number of required school days for Lewiston because students are already falling behind due to COVID-19.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2022
Hundreds press Maine lawmakers to ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates
Legislators hear from fearful residents who want to block mandates on COVID-19 vaccines, which have been proven to be safe and to prevent more serious illness.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2022
State Republican leader calls for more transparency from congressional hopeful Tiffany Bond
Independent Tiffany Bond views criticism as a sign the GOP is worried about the support she’s gaining among 2nd District voters.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2022
Hours before being fatally stabbed, Troy Varney warned police ‘when he kills somebody tonight, it’s on you’
New details emerge in the Turner double homicide, spurring consideration of a measure in Augusta that might help prevent harm in the future.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2022
Bates and union organizers clash as workers prepare to vote on whether to form one of state’s biggest union locals
Bates denounces union complaints as ‘the very essence of misinformation’ after organizers say college is violating its own COVID-19 protocols.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2022
Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race looking a lot like 2018 election
Independent Tiffany Bond’s entry into the contest sees a return to the campaign trail by the three contenders who got the most votes in 2018.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2021
Central Maine’s goats like to pig out on Christmas trees
Many farmers like to pitch old trees into animals’ pens to give them something fresh and green during long, difficult winters
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PublishedDecember 29, 2021
It may be time to upgrade from cloth masks to hi-tech ones, experts say
Better masks will better block transmission of the virus, especially omicron, some say.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2021
Fearing omicron spread, Bates College imposes new COVID-19 restrictions
Bates College closes campus buildings to outsiders, shuts down in-person dining hall and more to limit threat from new variant
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