Steve Mistler
Chief Political Correspondent and State House Bureau ChiefJournalist Steve Mistler is Maine Public’s chief politics and government correspondent. He is based at the State House.
Steve has been a journalist for nearly two decades, specializing in the coverage of politics and state government. His work has been recognized by the Maine Press Association, Gerald Loeb and regional Murrow awards for investigative projects and accountability journalism. He was named the MPA’s Journalist of the Year in 2011 for his coverage of municipal and state government. He later received a Public Service in Radio from the Society of Professional Journalists and a writing award from the Public Radio News Directors for his retrospective of former Gov. Paul LePage.
He joined Maine Public in 2016 after a career in newspaper reporting. He and his family live in Maine.
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The resolution would have required congressional approval before President Donald Trump could use additional force in Venezuela. Although it advanced last week, it failed Wednesday after Trump targeted five GOP defectors and called Collins "a disaster." -
Details are still scarce, but both mayors said operations could begin next week. -
Javner, who represented Chester and parts of Penobscot County, was open about her battle with breast cancer. -
47% of cases reviewed by the Child Welfare Services Ombudsman had issues with a detrimental effect on the safety of children or the rights of parents. While that failure rate is still high, ombudsman Christine Alberi said it marked the first time in five years that it was below 50%. -
The largely symbolic vote follows Collins' opposition in November to a resolution that would have required the president to seek congressional authorization to use military force in Venezuela. The Republican has expressed support for the U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but she says she does not back long-term military involvement. -
Mason was first elected to the Maine Legislature as a 25-year-old during the 2010 Republican wave election and eventually became the Republican Senate majority leader. Along the way, he won a lot of support from Maine's evangelical conservatives, voters he hoped would deliver him the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2018 and who could be crucial to his latest Blaine House bid. -
Maine Public chief politics correspondent Steve Mistler and fellow politics correspondent Kevin Miller recently sat down with Rep. Jared Golden for a lengthy conversation about hyper-partisanship and his decision not to run again. -
For the first time, Mainers will pay the state's 5.5% sales tax for streaming subscriptions like Netflix, Spotify -
Party candidates running for federal, state and county offices will have to obtain a set number of signatures to qualify for the June primary elections. The thresholds vary by office and it will be easier to make the March 16 deadline for those who have built organizational and volunteer networks. -
A previously unreported and recently completed audit found that Gateway Community Services overbilled MaineCare by more than $1 million. The state says such suspensions are imposed when there's suspected fraud.
