The proposal by Sen. Rebecca Millett of Cape Elizabeth comes amid mounting health concerns and at least 9 deaths that have prompted bans or limits on vaping product sales in other states.
Politics
Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Pingree and Collins react to latest revelations in whistleblower case
While Republican Sen. Susan Collins says the summary of a phone call President Trump made to Ukraine’s leader ‘raises some key questions,’ Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree says it provides ‘indisputable evidence’ the president abused his office.
From focus to forgotten: Why no North Korean spotlight at U.N.?
The low-key approach by Washington and Pyongyang may reflect a diplomatic waiting game.
Trump closes out U.N. visit with pair of New York fundraisers
The events are expected to rake in about $8 million for his re-election and other Republican campaigns.
Seventeen states sue Trump administration over Endangered Species Act rules
The lawsuit cites challenges to piping plovers in Rhode Island, orcas in Washington state and tortoises in the Mojave Desert in Nevada.
Strimling leads money race as Portland’s mayoral election gets more expensive
Three candidates have already raised more than $300,000 – a record – and spent more that $173,000 seeking Portland’s top elective office.
Senate passes measure to block Trump on military base project cuts
The House is likely to pass the measure too, but Trump will likely veto it.
Washington plunges into Trump impeachment investigation
President Donald Trump repeatedly pushed Ukraine’s president to open a corruption investigation into Joe Biden.
Trump tweets with fury, says impeachment push helps him
President Donald Trump says impeachment push could be a political plus for him but tweets with fury as Democrats decide to move ahead with their effort
What impeachment means and how the process works
If the House of Representatives votes to impeach a president, a trial is then held in the Senate.