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

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

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 ...

A proposal to redesign Maine's flag state flag appeared to be in trouble Wednesday morning, with more than 70% of votes counted. About 55% of voters, or around 318,000, were opposed to the redesign ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

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

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.

“Finally,” Mills says in her radio address, “some folks have asked me how I’ll be voting on Question 5, which is the flag ...