Despite having one of the nation’s hottest Senate races, Maine has yet to solidify who exactly is going to be on the ballot come November.
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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Golden seeks better mental health care for Maine veterans
Rep. Jared Golden convinced House colleagues to add $20 million to help fund long-term mental health care for veterans.
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Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Bates College may house some students in area hotels
Lewiston college is scrambling to get ready for students’ return in a month to a transformed campus.
Posted inElections, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics, Times Record
Lisbon’s Dale Crafts wins Republican congressional primary
President Donald Trump told candidate he’s coming to Maine to campaign with Crafts.
Posted inMaine
Tucker Carlson plans to spend more time in Maine
The Fox News celebrity lashed out Monday at The New York Times for preparing a story about his increased presence in Bryant Pond.
Posted inElections, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
State plans to finish ranked-choice voting count in congressional primary on Tuesday
An outside group that analyzed election numbers says Dale Crafts of Lisbon likely got 58% of the Republican primary votes in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
Posted inElections, Maine, Politics
Dale Crafts holds big lead in Republican congressional primary
In Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, the former Lisbon state lawmaker has about 45% of the vote, a large enough cushion to fend off either of his two opponents.
Posted inMaine
Susan Collins says Senate likely will pass more pandemic relief
Maine’s senior senator is pushing for more local aid, more help for small businesses and more money for schools.
Posted inElections, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Republican congressional primary heats up in final days
Three candidates are vying in a potentially close race to see which of them will take on Jared Golden in November.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Schools and Education
Bates students demand lower tuition for squeezed semester
A diminished “college experience” ought to cost less, insist more than 500 signers of a petition that details concerns about Bates’ plans for the fall. The school, however, insists it has layed out adequate options for on- and off-campus education for its students.