Steve Collins

Sun Journal

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.

Latest

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March 15, 2023

Franco Center leaders hope to tone down dispute over new name

Officials eye a public forum to answer questions about Riverfront Performing Arts and Events at the Franco Center.
Published
March 15, 2023

Bid for a union at Bates College remains stalled in Washington

National Labor Relations Board has yet to rule on Bates’ contention that support staff and faculty should not be in the same union.
Published
March 9, 2023

Paper mill in Jay is no longer making any paper

A town that relied on paper mills faces a future without them for the first time in more than 130 years.
Published
March 6, 2023

Bill would require audits of private schools that receive public tuition

Legislators weigh whether to mandate annual audits of many Maine private schools whose finances are mostly secret.
Published
March 2, 2023

Bill would hide home addresses of congressional candidates

Maine lawmakers consider measure to keep residential addresses off campaign paperwork for contenders for U.S. House and U.S. Senate.
Published
March 1, 2023

Bates College names its first Black president

Law school dean Garry Jenkins from Minnesota tapped to succeed Clayton Spencer in Bates’ top job.
Published
February 28, 2023

Jared Golden pushes for Ukraine to get F-16s soon

Maine’s 2nd District Democrat is leading a bipartisan effort to convince President Biden to deliver modern fighters to counter Russia.
Published
February 24, 2023

Legislature considers big hike in fines for distracted driving

A proposal would hike penalty for drivers using mobile phones from $50 to $500 for a first offense.
Published
February 23, 2023

Taking nothing for granite, lawmakers consider endorsing a state rock

Legislature weighs bill to honor Maine’s crystal-laden granitic pegmatite.
Published
February 14, 2023

University of Maine at Farmington may slash most of its part-time faculty

After laying off nine members of its full-time faculty last spring, the university is eyeing a plan to eliminate ‘most adjunct faculty at the undergraduate level.’