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) ...

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 — Adam Lemire of Gardiner was selected Monday as the winner of the Maine State Flag Redesign Contest. “I am delighted by the number and quality of the submissions and the myriad ...

A measure to change Maine's official state flag headlines the five referendum questions on 2024 general election ballots in the state. The fifth referendum question would replace the current ...

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 ...

Many have criticized the current state flag ... The proposed designs varied from the “very serious to the amusing,” she said. Moose, lobsters, pine cones, the Maine coastline, and yes ...