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 ...

On Tuesday, voters across Maine had the chance to weigh in on a longtime debate: changing the design of the state’s flag. Among bond issues and limits on political action committee contributions ...

A yes vote would mean a new flag, modeled on the original Maine flag, that would have a pine tree and a blue North Star on a ...

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 ...

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

(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 ...

Maine is the only state that has a so-called “yellow flag ... They plowed their energy into a new red flag bill. But when the bill received a public hearing, Mills leaned more into her ...

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.

Maine voters decided Tuesday not to replace the current state flag with a new design that is a riff on the flag bearing a pine tree and blue star already seen across the state. Forty five percent ...

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 ...