Maine’s current flag design features the state seal and a blue background, mimicking many other state flags' designs. “Our flags are flown with pride, they matter.

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

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 ...

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

according to an August 2024 study in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. At the same time, Maine’s yellow flag law is being used more frequently, and gun reform ...

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.

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 ...