Lawmakers have made progress on a measure to use revenue from the state’s next wholesale liquor contract to pay off Maine’s debt to its 39 hospitals, but Democratic leaders differ on whether the bill should be tied to an expansion of MaineCare.

In the wake of a factory collapse in Bangladesh last week that killed more than 500 people, Maine retailer L.L. Bean, which sells clothes made by contractors around the world, said it is stepping up monitoring efforts and factory visits of overseas production sites.

Auburn police search the store after someone reports seeing a threat posted on Facebook.