The bill includes subsidies for the Portland-Boston train, which will expand service to Brunswick in the fall.

The bill keeps interest rates for some loans at 3.4 percent, and includes just over $100 billion for highway and other transportation programs.

The Brunswick Democrat says he is withdrawing from his state House race because he’s been called to active duty in the U.S. Navy Reserves.

Ed Meadows will be deputy commissioner of operations and administration in the newly merged Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

The state Fire Marshal’s Office says the 28-year-old mother and her 11-year-old are hospitalized with severe burns to their faces.

Scott McDonald, 55, of South Portland, was riding his motorcycle on Johnson Road when a car pulled in front of him to make a U-turn, police said.