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

That played a role in lawmakers’ approval of a bill to let Mainers vote on replacing the current flag. The state’s official ...

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

Mainers voted on five referendum questions on Election Day, including whether to adopt a new design for the official state ...

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

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, ...

The Maine Gun Safety Coalition is working to collect signatures to put an extreme risk protection order, or a red flag law, ...

Question 5 on the ballot asked residents if they wanted to replace the current flag with a more historical version, commonly known as the "pine tree" flag.

The Maine Gun Safety Coalition says so far, they've collected about 60,000 signatures for their Safe Schools, Safe ...

A Portland house displays the 1909 Pine Tree Flag, which is ubiquitous across the state. (Photo by AnnMarie Hilton/ Maine ...

Gun safety advocates are well on their way to securing enough signatures to ask voters to pass a red flag law that would make ...