Steve Mistler
Chief Political Correspondent and State House Bureau ChiefJournalist Steve Mistler is Maine Public's chief political correspondent and statehouse bureau chief, specializing in the coverage of politics and state government.
Steve has been a journalist for nearly two decades. His work has been recognized by the Maine Press Association and the New England Newspaper and Press Association for investigative projects and accountability journalism. He was named the MPA's Journalist of the Year in 2011 for his coverage of municipal government for The Forecaster in Falmouth, and later, for his coverage of state government for the Sun Journal in Lewiston.
Steve became the state house bureau chief for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in 2012. After four years with Maine's largest daily newspaper, Steve made the leap to radio journalism, joining Maine Public in 2016.
Steve is married with one child and two crazy dogs. His family lives in Brunswick.
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Maine's economic forecasters are projecting a nearly 10% increase in state revenues over previous estimates for the two-year period that begins next July. -
This week: The trajectory of the abortion battle as Maine braces for Supreme Court’s decision; Collins, Kavanaugh and codifying Roe; Gideon’s campaign cash; lawmaker who fought pandemic precautions quits.
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The Maine Connectivity Authority is just six months old, but the quasi-governmental agency is already sitting on $21 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan that Democrats in Congress passed earlier this year, and it will soon submit its proposal to the U.S. Treasury Dept. to spend $128 million more.
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A Republican member of the Maine House of Representatives who fought State House mask mandates and organized a protest last year against Gov. Janet Mills' efforts to fight the pandemic has resigned.
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Low interest rates, federal stimulus payments and high consumer activity have improved Maine's economic outlook, according to the state's nonpartisan revenue forecasting committee.
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In this week’s Pulse: Maine Democrats confront a brutal electoral landscape; holiday reading and listening recommendations; thank you.
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David Kamin, deputy director of the National Economic Council, told Maine Public Radio Tuesday that the president's decision to release 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve should lower prices and help supply meet surging demand across the country.
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In this week’s Pulse: The politics of municipal broadband; a potential ranked-choice voting GOP primary; another special legislative election; Mills’ approval rating.
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Some towns are considering municipal-run networks that would reach residents who haven’t had access. But in some cases, they're encountering opposition funded by the same big internet service providers that have long refused to expand their networks.
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In this week’s Pulse: How Biden’s Build Back Better bill is dividing Golden’s centrists and progressives; the infrastructure bill creates transmission corridors in the “national interest”; pot bust reignites crop tracking debate for medical providers; how the FEC just opened the door to more foreign influence in ballot campaigns.
