June 14 marks the day in 1777 when the Continental Congress officially adopted the Stars and Stripes as our national flag. Though President Woodrow Wilson established Flag Day by proclamation in 1916, ...

Sitting in Colby College’s small Hillel space, the leaders of the Jewish student community gathered to discuss, once again, ...

The design of the American flag as we know it today has deep historical roots, particularly involving Betsy Ross and the ...

Hundreds of "No Kings" protests are planned across the country on the same day as Trump's military parade in Washington, D.C.

Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on roll calls from the week of June 2-6. There were no roll calls ...

The most important unfinished business from the Lewiston massacre, when a gunman killed 18 Mainers on Oct. 25, 2023, is the ...

The Democratic co-chairs of the Legislature's Judiciary Committee have argued that, despite a state law requiring a hearing, ...

As a Girl Scout for most of my childhood years, there were certain rules, regulations and etiquette I learned about the ...

Republicans say Democrats, who control both chambers and legislative committees, are violating state law by not allowing a ...

The dispute centers on competing interpretations of what state law says about the Legislature's role in handling citizen ...

The Juneteenth flag will fly over some state capitols and city buildings on June 19. Here's what to know about the flag's ...

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