The Pine Tree Flag was the original state flag, adopted in 1901 before being replaced by the current flag in 1909. In the new ...

The beloved pine tree design will not return to its former status as the official state flag. Maine voters decided Tuesday ...

On Tuesday, voters across Maine will have a chance to weigh in on a longtime debate: changing the design of the state’s flag.

Maine will not get a new state flag. About 55% of voters, or around 356,000, rejected a proposed redesign of the official flag with 80% of the votes counted at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Associated Press ...

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, ...

We can choose a better symbol for our state of which we can all be proud: the Bicentennial Flag is a winner in every sense.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine rejected an effort to change the state flag in Tuesday’s election, capping a ...

In addition to the presidential and congressional races, Maine voters will decide on five ballot questions and fill all 186 ...

The proposed flag would feature a pine tree with 16 boughs ... “Finally,” Mills says in her radio address, “some folks have asked me how I’ll be voting on Question 5, which is the flag ...

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

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 ...