Police say 19-year-old Matthew Morris of Portland fell off the moving train and was run over.

The Senate is expected to pass a bill Monday making it easier for states to collect sales taxes for online purchases. Some of the nation’s largest retailers are rejoicing. But small-business owners who make their living selling products on the Internet worry they will be swamped by new requirements from faraway states.

Gov. Paul LePage’s push for a new prison has been overshadowed by other issues swirling about the State House, but the proposal to issue $100 million in bonds from the Governmental Facilities Authority is very much alive.

The Gang of 11’s tax proposal may be dead on arrival, but expect some parts to survive; a New England Journal of Medicine study questions the short-term benefits of Medicare expansion; and the Legislature says no to unlimited corporate campaign spending.