The bill would replace the current flag with the state flag used from 1901 to 1909, which features a pine tree in the center of a white field and a blue star in the upper left corner.

Maine is the only state that has a so-called “yellow flag” law, which requires a mental health evaluation among other steps. Even its name — yellow flag — suggests caution, deliberation.

PORTLAND, Maine — Chris Korzen tells a story about a controversy that has smoldered in Maine for three decades and that now is flaring again, about whether to change the official state flag.

Mainers voted Nov. 4, 2024, to keep the official state flag (top) rather than replace it with a design (bottom) that harkens to the state's original flag. (Wikimedia, Maine secretary of state) ...

Months after Maine's deadliest mass shooting, state lawmakers held an hourslong hearing Friday to debate a so-called red flag bill that would let family members petition a judge to remove guns ...

The bill makes several changes to Maine’s yellow flag law, under which law enforcement officers can take weapons from people at risk of harming themselves or others.

A citizen initiative looking to get an Extreme Risk Protection Orders measure, or Red Flag law, on the November ballot, submitted their signatures Thursday.

Legislature considers changing Maine license plate design from chickadee to 1901 flag Bill LD 1965, 'An Act to Authorize the Secretary of State to Provide a New General Issue of License Plates ...

The gun control debate heated up on Thursday at the Maine State House with Republicans trying to kill a red flag bill sponsored by the House speaker.

Months after Maine's deadliest mass shooting, state lawmakers held an hourslong hearing Friday to debate a so-called red flag bill that would let family members petition a judge to remove guns ...

Months after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, state lawmakers held an hourslong hearing Friday to debate a so-called red flag bill that would let family members petition a judge to remove guns ...