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.

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 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Mainers were smitten ... a new flag after critics decried the state’s 1858 flag that featured a Native ...

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

The protest was part of a movement in capital cities across the nation. AUGUSTA — Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday ...

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) -Every year on Flag Day, American Legion Post’s across the nation honor our flag by holding a ceremony to properly retire old, tattered, and worn flags. Throughout the ...

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 ...

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.