The death of a Gorham man in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 295 Wednesday has refocused state transportation safety planners on exploring ways to improve exit ramps and their warning signs so people won’t get on the highway going the wrong way.

AUGUSTA — Questions raised in recent weeks about money spent on massage services, at hotels and for donations to special interest groups prompted lawmakers Friday to request an immediate review of spending by the Maine State Housing Authority.

AUGUSTA — Democrats pushed a LePage administration official Friday to explain why the Department of Labor is proposing changes to the unemployment insurance system, even though Maine’s system is solvent and there are few instances of fraud.

AUGUSTA — A jury on Friday afternoon found an Augusta man innocent of arson charges involving a fire two years ago at his Federal Street home.

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage scolded the Legislature’s budget-writing committee Friday, raising his hand to get a turn at the microphone during a meeting on his plan to trim health and human services and then urging members to “get it done.”