It appears Maine voters will decide two initiated referendum questions this year concerning voting and firearms safety ...

Jan. 13—Maine's utilization of its unique yellow flag law spiked in the final months of 2024 as police agencies sought to remove weapons from people who pose a danger. Though authorities used it ...

Use of Maine’s yellow flag law has grown dramatically since the Lewiston mass shootings: law enforcement agencies completed more than 500 weapons restriction orders in the past 14 months ...

Mills authored the state's novel "yellow flag" law with a prominent gun rights group. She says a red flag proposal that would ...

The U.S. flag code says American flags should not be displayed upside-down except as a signal of “dire distress,” but free speech protections prevent prosecution.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills defended her proposed budget cuts and criticized a proposed 'red flag' law referendum Tuesday night in her annual speech to state lawmakers.

Instead, U.S. Army officials and Maine police officers failed to act, in part because a substitute “yellow flag” flag passed at the behest of Gov. Janet Mills wasn’t well understood.

In Maine, potential voters are encouraged to register at motor ... The second question would add a “red flag” law, also known as “extreme risk protection,” to gun safety statutes. The impetus was the ...