Republicans are asking for a public hearing on their competing plan. Maine voters will decide this fall whether to enact a ...

Juneteenth, observed each year on June 19, marks the date in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States were ...

Republican lawmakers push a last-minute yellow flag proposal to counter the upcoming red flag law referendum. PORTLAND, Maine ...

A public hearing is scheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday on a citizen initiative that would make it easier to temporarily remove ...

AUGUSTA — Maine Republicans and opponents of the initiative that will go to voters this fall to make it easier to confiscate weapons from a person in crisis want to put another option on the ballot ...

A hearing Wednesday rekindled debate over a proposal that would allow Maine families to ask a judge to remove guns from ...

Several dozens of supporters and opponents of the proposed "red flag" gun law laid out their arguments for a legislative ...

Currently, Maine has a “yellow flag law,” meaning only law enforcement can temporarily remove firearms from someone who is ...

Republicans say Democrats, who control both chambers and legislative committees, are violating state law by not allowing a public hearing on a red flag referendum that is opposed by Gov. Janet Mills ...

The most important unfinished business from the Lewiston massacre, when a gunman killed 18 Mainers on Oct. 25, 2023, is the ...