Colin Woodard is the Press Herald’s State and National Affairs Writer, and is often at work on large investigative projects. Born in Waterville and raised in western Maine, he was a foreign correspondent for two decades, reported from more than fifty countries on all seven continents, and witnessed the collapse of communism and its bloody aftermath in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. He’s written five books, including histories of Maine (The Lobster Coast), North America’s rival regional cultures (American Nations) and the Golden Age Pirates (Republic of Pirates), which was turned into a quickly forgotten NBC mini-series starring John Malkovich as Blackbeard. Since joining the Press Herald in 2012, he’s won a George Polk Award and was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. He used to be an avid sailor and SCUBA diver, but with small kids at home, his hobbies now include sleeping and picking up toys.
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PublishedApril 13, 2015
Notorious egg seller ‘Jack’ DeCoster gets jail time for salmonella outbreak
An Iowa court sentences the Maine man and his son to 3 months, capping a long history of hazards and abuses on farms.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2015
Maine to sue EPA over tribal water pollution decision
The state contests the agency’s authority to order stricter pollution limits to ensure sustenance fishing is safe.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2015
Book Review : ‘Frank: A Life in Politics From the Great Society to Same-sex Marriage’
Barney Frank’s book is reviewed by Colin Woodard.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2015
Maine tribe takes hit under governor’s plan to reform General Assistance
The Passamaquoddy would lose more state aid per capita than Portland, amid questions about high spending and alleged misuse of funds.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2015
LePage calls EPA’s tribal waters ruling ‘outrageous’
The agency says the state’s pollution standards have to protect Indians who fish for food, but the governor says the motive for the order is ‘retribution.’
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2015
Maine tribes seek authority to try domestic violence cases
They say abused women would be better protected from attacks by non-Indians on their reservations, but the state calls it a flawed idea.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2015
Commentary: Weighing the cost of ‘home rule’ in Maine
The state’s system of strong municipal governments is rooted in the early Puritans’ fear of centralization of power.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2015
Maine told to tighten tribal land water rules
Tribal leaders hail the federal order as a historic assertion of oversight of Maine’s relationship with the state’s tribes.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2015
Draft rule to protect Mainers from phthalates weakened by state DEP
The regulation now would apply only to products targeted to kids under 12 and not to pregnant women, sparking an outcry from advocates of chemical safeguards.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2015
LePage administration to rule on regulating four suspected toxins
The DEP is under the spotlight in its decision on phthalates, after past resistance to the law to protect kids from chemicals.
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