A journalist since 1987, Steve Collins has worked for daily newspapers in New York, Connecticut and Maine. He has served as the State House reporter for the Sun Journal since 2016. Among his awards are the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2016 Ethics in Journalism Award and the I.F. Stone Whistle-Blower Award in 2015. Collins 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-Collins, 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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PublishedApril 28, 2019
Revisiting Auburn’s high-seas mutiny hangings: Still a compelling story
One of Maine’s last executions took place in Auburn in 1858, when 2o men went to the gallows before a crowd of 7,000 for murder and mutiny aboard a Bath brig in the Caribbean.
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PublishedApril 24, 2019
New York City eyes Quebec hydropower in bid to go green
Mayor Bill DeBlasio calls for new transmission line down the Hudson Valley that would be nearly as large as one sought by Central Maine Power.
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PublishedApril 22, 2019
Saco lawyer Bre Kidman seeks Democratic backing to challenge Susan Collins
Seeing no other Democrats stepping up, the 31-year-old said hard work is needed to win in 2020.
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PublishedApril 20, 2019
Janet Mills vows more than just hot air on climate change
The governor says she’ll fight to preserve the Maine she loves.
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PublishedApril 14, 2019
Lewiston the big winner in controversial power line project
The city would gain more than $8 million in additional tax revenue annually if New England Clean Energy Connect gets a green light.
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PublishedApril 13, 2019
Seth Carey’s unsuccessful DA race spurs effort to change law
A Turner lawmaker sponsors a bill to prevent suspended lawyers from becoming district attorneys.
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PublishedApril 10, 2019
Opposition mounts to Trump plan to extend work requirement for SNAP benefits
Jared Golden said he might support the change, as long as it doesn’t hurt children or seniors, while Maine’s senators and Chellie Pingree oppose it.
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PublishedApril 8, 2019
Angus King targets IRS for auditing poor Mainers more than most Americans
Piscataquis and Washington counties have more than their fair share of tax audits.
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PublishedApril 5, 2019
Poland Spring might get soaked with new $100 million state tax
Lawmakers eye an extraction fee of 12 cents per gallon for Maine groundwater.
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PublishedApril 1, 2019
U.S. House Republican leader assails ranked-choice voting in Maine
Republicans in Augusta and Washington are trying to stymie or repeal a voting method they say helps Democrats like Jared Golden.
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