The referendum will allow Maine residents to vote on keeping in place the state’s current flag or replacing it with a new design picked from the contest. Maine’s current flag design features ...
"But they don't need to be doing that." But Gov. Janet Mills has said she supports the current yellow flag system. Maine's gun rights groups have also opposed red flag law proposals, arguing that ...
Learn more. Gov. Janet Mills has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff across Maine through late January, honoring the nation’s 39th president, Jimmy Carter, in the wake of his death.
"Our current law, it was made clear in the Lewiston ... or unfounded fear. Maine’s Yellow flag law provides for this, ...
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 ...
It appears Maine voters will decide two initiated referendum questions this year concerning voting and firearms safety ...
Mills authored the state's novel "yellow flag" law with a prominent gun rights group. She says a red flag proposal that would ...
He was a key architect of Maine’s current yellow flag law. “We worked hard to build a good law with one goal in mind, which was to make Maine a safer place,” said Trahan. “That was our ...
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 ...