That played a role in lawmakers’ approval of a bill to let Mainers vote on replacing the current flag. The state’s official ...

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 ...

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 ...

Voters on Tuesday rejected a referendum to replace the current state flag with a modern version of the original design, which flew from 1901 to 1909. With 72% of the votes counted Wednesday morning, ...

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

Democrats are poised to maintain their trifecta of power between the governor’s office and both chambers in the 132nd Maine ...

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

The 80-year-old King has been in office since 2013 ... Question 5 proposes changing Maine’s state flag from the current blue ...

While the presidential race is consuming much of the political oxygen nationally, Maine has a closely watched congressional ...

The Gun Safety Coalition will still have to collect more signatures to ensure the proposal can get on the ballot. The number ...