Pot, guns, sports betting on agenda for lawmakers’ last day

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   Maine lawmakers are set to finish up their 2019 legislative session and tidy up work on marijuana sales, gun control and online sports betting bills

River herring will not be added to endangered species list

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   The federal government says two species of herring are not at risk of going extinct, and will not be listed under the Endangered Species Act

Portland City Council narrowly approves new homeless shelter

A Maine city council has narrowly approved the construction of a new homeless shelter.

Plea deal near in case of fatal crash and stalking

Prosecutors say they could reach a plea deal with a New Hampshire woman who’s charged with murder stemming from a crash that killed a neighbor and seriously injured another.

Police: Maine motorcycle rider dies in collision

Police say a motorcycle rider has been killed in a collision with a pickup truck in Peru, Maine.

Jury finds John Williams guilty of murder

A jury has found John Williams guilty of murder in the killing of Somerset County Sheriff’s Corporal Eugene Cole.

Prosecutors want to try teen as adult in Maine woman’s death

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   A hearing is set to determine whether one of three teens charged in the strangling and stabbing a Maine woman should be tried as an adult

Jurors begin deliberations in trial of man who killed deputy

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   Jurors have begun deliberations in the murder trial of a Maine man who’s accused of placing a gun to the neck of a sheriff’s deputy and pulling the trigger

Portland’s city councilors to mull over asylum seeker funding

Portland city councilors are holding a public meeting Monday evening to discuss the recent unexpected influx of asylum seekers into the city.

Maine could borrow to invest in green energy, infrastructure

Maine could borrow hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in renewable energy, infrastructure and workforce training.