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

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

Voters have rejected the plan to change the Maine state flag. Question 5 on the state ballot asked Mainers if they wanted to ...

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 ...

Mainers will not see a new — or rather, the old — state flag waving at the state house, as Question 5, An Act to Restore 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, ...

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

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

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

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.

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