Mainers are deciding Tuesday whether to keep the current flag or switch to a new design. Maine's Secretary of State chose the ...

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

Since gaining statehood in 1820, Maine has flown two different official flag designs. Soon, it could move on to its third – ...

"If Maine chooses to return to the pine tree flag of 1901, they will be following Minnesota and Utah ... A poll released last month by a research and marketing company showed 40% supporting the ...

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

Vote “no” on the proposed flag design. Maine ... of the 1901 flag on commercial products. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ contest enabled her to show no favoritism to any one company ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

PORTLAND, Maine ... adopting a flag that tracks closely with the state’s original flag — a simple pine tree and blue North Star. Various designs based on the flag used from 1901 to 1909 ...