If Republican Robert ‘Bobby’ Charles wants to win the Blaine House, he must realize that Maine’s immigrants deserve his support just as much as other state residents.
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.
It’s time for a younger generation to lead Maine | Steve Collins
When you find yourself using 91-year-old Sen. Chuck Grassley as a favorable comparison, well …
Sad to see my alma mater become a political pawn | Steve Collins
President Trump has brought undue hardship to the University of Virginia, the nation’s second-oldest public university.
Out to get Golden, Republicans ensnare Collins | Steve Collins
The 2nd District congressman opposed President Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill.’ Are his GOP critics aware that somebody else did the same?
Boost for anti-vaccine forces is no good for Maine | Steve Collins
Our long track record of success with immunizations could be about to take a big hit.
Don’t be surprised if Susan Collins rolls to victory next year | Steve Collins
In order to look forward, it can help to look back.
In Maine, Juneteenth shares history with Emancipation Day | Steve Collins
We’re still figuring out how best to honor liberation from a dark past.
Need inspiration? Follow in Frances Perkins’ footsteps. | Steve Collins
Right on time, Maine’s newest national monument celebrates the work of one heroic American woman — and the beautiful home and grounds that supported it.
Time for Maine to refresh its US Capitol statues | Steve Collins
Nothing against Hannibal Hamlin or William King, but we’ve got so much more to say about ourselves.
Angus King III should take aim at Susan Collins instead | Steve Collins
Mainers might just back a father-son team in the U.S. Senate.