Lobster-loving Republicans are eyeing Gulf of Maine territory claimed by both the U.S. and Canada.
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.
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Like it or not, Susan Collins and Jared Golden have Mainers’ respect | Steve Collins
What do they stand for? Better to ignore the hardliners and ask the quiet crowd in the middle.
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Paul LePage’s election math doesn’t add up | Steve Collins
Gov. Janet Mills won a second term by a margin so large that it would have been obvious if it was illegitimate. It wasn’t.
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It won’t be enough to stop the fighting in Ukraine | Steve Collins
War crimes investigators need to continue building cases to haul offenders to justice.
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Portland offers insight into Pope Leo’s Black heritage | Steve Collins
From 1875 to 1900, a former slave guided Maine’s largest diocese, passing for white.
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At least so far, Jared Golden is not a man with a plan | Steve Collins
The 2nd District congressman certainly isn’t hurting for options, however, when it comes to his political future.
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Maine voters deserve better than a Florida retiree | Steve Collins
Former Gov. Paul LePage has filed paperwork to challenge Rep. Jared Golden in the 2nd Congressional District. Is he really the best man for the job?
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An old Senate tradition needs to be put out of its misery | Steve Collins
The president pro tempore, third in the line of presidential succession, is typically the longest-serving senator from the majority party. How does 91-year-old President Charles Grassley sound?
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Statue of Muhammad Ali to capture spirit of boxer — and of Lewiston | Steve Collins
On May 25, what promises to become one of Maine’s most recognized works of public art will be unveiled.
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Believe it or not, Maine’s politics remain middle-of-the-road | Steve Collins
Recent partisan ire is creating an inaccurate impression of our state.