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

A measure to change Maine's official state flag headlines the five referendum questions on 2024 general election ballots in ...

We wrap up our look at this year’s Referendum questions. NewsSource 8 reporter Janelle Lopez explains question 5. Referendum ...

We voters had to choose between two Maine flags, keeping the current one as the official state flag or replacing it with a new design reminiscent of the original state flag from the early 1900s.

Minnesota adopted a new flag after critics decried the state’s 1858 flag that featured a Native American riding off into the ...

Maine does need a new flag design, but not this one ... We do not want a symbol associated with revolution as our state flag. Maine’s “historical” pine tree flag, only in use for eight ...

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

This proposition would bring back the Pine Tree Flag as the state's official standard. race called Source: Election results ...

(Wikimedia, Maine secretary of state) PORTLAND ... Still others claimed that adopting a new state flag would be a waste of money, forcing governmental agencies to buy the new version. A fiscal ...

The Maine state flag has remained unchanged since 1909. However, the 2024 Referendum seeks to adopt a new design. Question 5 on the ballot asks whether the people of Maine favor the lone pine over the ...

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

adopted in 1901 before being replaced by the current flag in 1909. In the new version created by Adam Lemire of Gardiner, the tree is an Eastern White Pine, which is Maine’s state tree ...