The Lewiston debate showcased strong commitment to Donald Trump by all three hopefuls but found sharp differences on foreign policy.
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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Eric Brakey holds fundraising lead in race for 2nd Congressional District
He will join two other Republicans in a debate Thursday at Lewiston Middle School.
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Lewiston educators head to Harlem in search of ideas to address poverty
What they saw, they said, might help transform the community by raising students and families from generations of hardship.
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Lewiston educators head to Harlem in search of ideas to address poverty
What they saw, they said, might help transform the community by raising students and families from generations of hardship.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston educators head to Harlem in search of ideas to address poverty
What they saw, they said, might help transform the community by raising students and families from generations of hardship.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News, Politics, Times Record
Social Security administrators say their agency is getting barraged with scam complaints
A Senate hearing led by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday delved into a growing problem of con artists impersonating government officials to cheat Americans out of their savings.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Kapow! Black artists break the comic book mold
Five African-American artists talked recently about making their way through the changing world of comic books.
Posted inLocal & State
Former Gov. Baldacci’s fundraiser raises $18,000 for 95-year-old Auburn scam victim
An effort spearheaded by former Gov. John Baldacci raised enough to replenish a 95-year-old Auburn woman’s retirement funds lost in a scam.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Major labor law overhaul sought by Maine lawmakers
Democratic U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden back a measure that would block right-to-work laws and bolster America’s struggling unions.
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Jared Golden calls on Nancy Pelosi to hand over impeachment charges to Senate
The 2nd Congressional District Democrat said he wishes the House had tried harder to force testimony from key witnesses to dealings with Ukraine.