Mainers will not see a new — or rather, the old — state flag waving at the state house, as Question 5, An Act to Restore the ...

The Pine Tree Flag was the original state flag, adopted in 1901 before being replaced by the current flag in 1909. In the new ...

A referendum to replace Maine's official flag with a design from more than a hundred years ago was soundly defeated on Election Day. Question 5 sought to restore the 1901 "Pine Tree Flag." But with ...

Inevitably, efforts to redesign state flags encounter resistance from ... said in a statement. In Maine, what’s old could ...

should be the official flag of the state.” By September 1909, having heard the voice of Maine’s people, the 74th Maine Legislature had moved to make “the old flag” of Maine — which had ...

Lemire said he was “honored and excited” to have his design chosen as the model for the potential new state flag, which ...

The Maine state flag remained unchanged since 1909. However, the 2024 Referendum seeks to adopt a new design. Question 5 on the ballot asks whether the people of Maine favor the lone pine over the ...

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff The long-discussed effort to change Maine’s state flag is heading toward defeat, ...

U.S. Rep Jared Golden, D-Maine, who was born in Lewiston, renounced his opposition to an assault weapons ban a day after the ...

Election officials said voting mostly ran smoothly Tuesday, despite long lines and hoax shooting threats at some schools that ...

The four-year-old yellow flag law empowers law enforcement agencies to confiscate ... Card owned at least 12 guns he had ...