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 rarely before ...

Since the Lewiston shootings, agencies have completed 548 weapon restriction orders, for an average of 38 orders per month.

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. United States and Maine ...

The campaign was created to promote an Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO), also known as "the red flag law," to be put in ...

It is clear and to the point that among all the missteps surrounding Robert Card, our yellow flag law was a burden, not a public safety protection tool for law enforcement in Maine. We have ...