When voters in Maine head to the polls in November, they’ll have an important choice to make: whether they should change the design of the state flag. The proposed redesign by Adam Lemire ...

All entries had to include the elements of the original state flag used in the early 1900s ... version of a pine tree that some had proposed. Maine voters will decide in November whether to ...

The Maine secretary of state's office on Monday announced the final wording for a proposed "red flag law."The citizens' initiative is called "An Act to Protect Maine Communities by Enacting the ...

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) ...

Maine already has a "yellow flag" law allowing police to seek a court order forcing someone to give up their guns if they ...

The proposed flag is simple. A pine tree stands in the ... reading “MAINE” and beneath a star reading “DIRIGO,” Maine’s state motto which translates from Latin as “I lead.” ...

Plus, he said, more than 20 other state flags also use a state seal or coat of arms on a blue background. The proposed flag features a green pine tree, a longstanding symbol of Maine, on a ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - Maine voters will likely get to weigh in on a proposed red flag law during the November election. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced Friday she validated a ...

A state committee selected a contest winner from more than 400 submissions. The Chuck Norris flag didn’t make the cut. By Alex Vadukul For more than a century, Maine’s state flag has been a ...