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Graham Platner plans to officially exit Maine’s Senate race on last day possible

A source familiar with Platner’s next moves said the candidate would hand over the paperwork by the 5 p.m. Monday deadline.

What we know about how Maine Democrats will pick Graham Platner’s replacement

This rundown is based on party rules released overnight and details that began to come out of county committees Thursday.

Morning Update: What you need to know in Maine today

What we're talking about in Maine today.

EPA promised a Make America Healthy Again agenda. It has yet to materialize, frustrating activists

WASHINGTON (AP) — Last December, after Make America Healthy Again activists drew up a petition to get him fired, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin pledged to release a formal agenda of MAHA priorities that his agency would pursue, including protections against harmful chemicals and other health concerns. But eight months after its first mention […]

New York construction scare highlights the challenges of converting offices into housing

NEW YORK (AP) — When two steel columns buckled this week inside the former Pfizer headquarters in midtown Manhattan, the scare prompted evacuations and halted work on one of the nation’s largest office-to-apartment conversions. It also highlighted the complex engineering behind adaptive reuse projects, which have become increasingly popular as officials try to tackle a nationwide housing shortage by transforming offices that have sat underused since the COVID-19 pandemic. The plans call for turning two office buildings — one built in 1909, the other in the 1960s — into about 1,600 apartments by adding more than a dozen stories atop the […]