‘Here we are!’ Gov. Janet Mills declared Jan. 4 in her second inaugural address.
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.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, Politics
Maine’s Democratic representatives criticize Republican moves in U.S. House
Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree opposed a number of measures pushed by the new congressional majority.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools and Education
RSU 16 chooses superintendent from Phillips school district
Current SAD 58 superintendent Todd Sanders will take the helm over the Poland-based regional school district in July.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Schools and Education
Worried about rising costs, Bates College plans budget cuts
College says its finances remain strong, but ‘serious challenges’ are looming.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Jared Golden mum about Republican failure to pick a House speaker
Chellie Pingree calls House chaos ‘a historic embarrassment.’
Posted inMaine
Former Franklin County prosecutor suspended from legal practice for 9 months
Kayla Alves had already pleaded guilty in federal court to tampering with possible evidence.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Jared Golden off the rails again in opposing Biden’s plea for labor deal
The Lewiston Democrat said imposing railroad pact by legislation was ‘premature.’
Posted inMaine
‘No hunting ground left — the moose, the deer and beaver are all gone’
A newly discovered 1839 letter spotlights the poverty and powerlessness of a Penobscot Nation trying to survive.
Posted inElection 2022, Maine
Bruce Poliquin accepts defeat, urges Mainers to ‘relax, decompress’
After losing his congressional race, the ex-lawmaker advised Democrats to ‘work with Republicans’ to lower heating costs.
Posted inElection 2022
Completed count shows Rep. Jared Golden won big in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District
In the final ranked-choice voting tally, the Lewiston Democrat emerged with 53% of the vote