Bethel brew pub owner joined a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday that argues Mills is violating Mainers’ rights as she tries to clamp down on COVID-19.
Steve Collins
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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.
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Tucker Carlson’s ‘northernmost bureau’ overhauled in Bryant Pond
About 35 days a year Carlson plans to host his show, “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” from the small studio in one corner of the renovated old town garage he purchased.
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Some Republican lawmakers want to impeach Janet Mills
Gov. Janet Mills’ restrictions to halt spread of coronavirus under fire.
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Maine’s two Democratic members of Congress split on new COVID-19 relief bill
Jared Golden opposed the $3 trillion measure while Chellie Pingree favored it in a Friday night U.S. House vote.
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Federal mental health grants canceled because Maine has legal marijuana
A federal agency wipes out $3.3 million to students who have medical authorization.
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Avangrid sues to block November referendum on hydropower line
The power company asked a state court Wednesday to reject plans for a Nov. 3 statewide public vote on the controversial project.
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Bates College adds voices to its quest to plan for COVID-19
After students sought input in the process, college officials opened the door for their participation in figuring out what to do next semester. Bowdoin and Colby colleges are also planning for a ‘different’ return to class.
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Nine Maine businesses sue Gov. Janet Mills over shutdowns
Federal lawsuit asks a district court to rule Janet Mills’ restrictions on commerce are unconstitutional.
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New Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program offers cash to help feed Maine’s children
Families whose children get free or reduced-price meals will get $382 per child to compensate them for what they missed after schools closed.
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Bethel brew pub owner says ‘things are happening’ as customers wait for reopening
It is not clear what plans, if any, may be in the works in the state capital for revisions to the orders related to small businesses and restaurants.