AUGUSTA — The Somerset County Jail’s recent decision to no longer board inmates from other counties may end up testing the resolve of state officials to force their will upon counties, and the counties’ will to fight back.

HALLOWELL — The third annual AIDS Walk of Central Maine is scheduled for Saturday and will start at the waterfront park.

AUGUSTA — Even though Gov. Paul LePage signed a bill Wednesday to make up for an $80 million budget shortfall largely through Medicaid cuts, the debate is far from over. Maine voters can expect the cuts to become an issue in this year’s legislative election.

SOUTH PORTLAND — The four Democratic candidates for Maine’s open U.S. Senate seat said Wednesday that Congress is not doing enough to protect small businesses and the middle class.

WATERVILLE — Seventeen Colby College students were summoned late Tuesday on alcohol-related charges after police responded to a report of an off-campus party at 3 Carroll St.

SKOWHEGAN — Two brothers are under arrest in connection with a burglary last summer when thieves used a power saw to cut through three doors and a padlocked gate at a Water Street business.