Secretary of State Shenna Bellows says she will issue ruling within the five days required by law.
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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Maine’s senators generally favor US Supreme Court nominees
Voting against Ketanji Brown Jackson’s bid for a Supreme Court seat would mark a break in Pine Tree State tradition.
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National experts issue new report on Farmington propane explosion
Report urges firefighters to take a defensive stance when they respond to reports of leaking gas
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Legislators may ban most secret settlements in cases brought by employees
The push is part of a national effort to give victims of harassment and discrimination a voice, but it may have a cost as well.
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‘My entire nation is in torture,’ says Bates student from Ukraine
A first-year student at the Lewiston college worries about friends and family in his homeland.
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Liz Caruso seeks a series of debates with Bruce Poliquin before Republican primary
Former U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin ignores request for 11 debates before June 14 with Caratunk’s Liz Caruso
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Seth Carey’s bid for district attorney rejected by state election officials
Secretary of State’s office says Carey is not a registered Republican and can’t run in the party’s June 14 primary.
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Facing felony charges and a suspended law license, former district attorney candidate plans to run again
Though Seth Carey faces felony sexual assault charges and his law license is suspended, Carey hopes to win the Republican primary in June, as he did four years ago.
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Push to allow hunting on Sundays falls short in Augusta
A legislative panel voted 8-3 against a proposal to lift a longtime ban on Sunday hunting in Maine
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Lawmakers urged to prohibit discrimination based on natural hairstyles
Black Mainers seek assurance they can style their often tightly curled hair as needed without risking a penalty in school or on the job.