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 Brunswick.
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Maine could tap its cash reserves to cover programs affected by a possible shutdown of the federal government, but a spokesperson for Gov. Janet Mills' budget office says the state would need assurances that those monies would be repaid. -
Former NASCAR driver and current state Rep. Austin Theriault, of Fort Kent, joins Rep. Mike Soboleksi, of Phillips, and Robert Cross, of Dedham, to compete for the Republican nomination and the right to take on Golden next year.
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Maine would become the second state in the nation to require automakers to make onboard repair and diagnostic information available to independent mechanics if voters approve Question 4 in November.
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The Legislature's Government Oversight Committee is continuing its probe into the financial operations of Maine Veterans Homes.
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Meteorologists say Lee has taken a favorable nudge eastward and that its power may dissipate as it crosses colder waters, but MEMA Director Pete Rogers said that the storm is so massive that the state is all but assured to see damage from it.
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Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy has rejected a proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging failures by the state agency that provides attorneys for low-income criminal defendants.
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Question 2 aims to close a loophole in state law that currently allows companies and organizations owned by foreign governments to spend money to influence voters on state referendums. In doing so, it taps two populist sentiments about U.S. elections: first, that money plays an outsize role in determining outcomes, and second, that entities controlled by foreign governments should not be allowed to influence voters.
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Maine U.S. Sen. Angus King warned Utah Sen. Mitt Romney days before the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol that he could be in mortal danger, according to a new book.
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Opponents say the provision attempts to regulate the press by requiring news outlets to find and block the political advertising Question 2 seeks to ban.
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Democratic Gov. Janet Mills continues to express skepticism over a ballot measure that would take over Maine's two largest electric utilities and replace them with a nonprofit operated by an elected board.
