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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Libby was censured for criticizing a transgender high school athlete in a social media post. Her punishment was upheld in two preliminary rulings but a recent order to restore her voting rights by the U.S. Supreme Court may have changed the trajectory of the case. -
The bill creating an annual day of remembrance on the anniversary of the 2021 riots comes as President Donald Trump attempts to rewrites the history of the attacks. -
Libby ran for governor in 2002, losing the Republican primary to Peter Cianchette. This time he's bringing a focus on energy as a tool for economic development and more collaboration between Republicans and Democrats. -
The proposal is the centerpiece for President Donald Trump's domestic agenda, but Golden and Pingree framed it as a massive wealth transfer from the poorest Americans to the wealthiest. -
The tie votes in the Judiciary Committee present an uncertain outcome in the House and Senate, where the votes come amid a high-stakes legal and political fight between the Mills administration and the Trump administration. -
Libby was censured in February by Democrats in the Maine House for a social media post that sparked the state's ongoing conflict with the Trump administration over transgender athletes participating in girls sports. The censure prohibited Libby from voting or debating until she apologized. -
Two states, New York and Washington, have adopted similar laws allowing doctors to request that pharmacies replace their names with the name of the health care facility on prescription bottles for mifepristone, misoprostol and generic equivalents. -
Golden's announcement ends speculation that he might run for governor or the U.S. Senate. But the prospects of a primary challenge remain. -
Jackson, a Democrat, said in March he was exploring a bid for governor. He's now joining a growing primary field angling to replace Gov. Janet Mills next year. -
Nearly one year after President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in the hopes of stopping certification of the 2020 election, the Maine House of Representatives debated a resolution commemorating the assault on Congress that ultimately led to the conviction of more than 1,270 rioters.
