After being shot in Ethiopia, Musse needed advanced care only available in America.
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.
Posted inElections, Maine, Politics
Brunswick Democrat is first to enter the 2024 U.S. Senate race in Maine
David Costello hails incumbent Angus King but argues that major reform is needed in the nation’s capital.
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Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Legislators ponder bill that would let many Maine renters keep pets
Committee hears strong opinions pro and con on a measure that would force many landlords to allow dogs, cats and other pets.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
State panel urged to hold down rate increase for CMP
A public hearing in Lewiston Tuesday drew a handful of people worried about utility bills
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Mount David Summit: Bates College’s version of ‘March Madness’
College celebrated a stunning variety of research and artistic work
Posted inMaine
Sen. Angus King talks nuclear war and artificial intelligence to Oak Hill High School juniors
Lessons and advice provided by Maine’s junior senator
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Housing advocates urge state to ban application fees for renters
Supporters say axing the fees will make it easier for people to find housing in a tight rental market
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Bates College workers reject proposed union
National Labor Relations Board staffers who counted the ballots said 254 voted against the union while 186 favored it.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Franco Center rebranding compromise in the works
Nonprofit’s leaders hope board will approve name and logo that will resolve controversy.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Union ballots at Bates College will be counted soon
LEWISTON — The National Labor Relations Board decided Friday that ballots cast 14 months ago on whether to create a union for Bates College support staff and non-tenured faculty will soon be counted. Bates President Clayton Spencer said in an open letter that the college heard the news Friday and is waiting for details. The […]