One vegan from Maine has got major beef with the state’s new system for approving vanity license plates. Maine vegan Peter Starostecki was forced to forfeit his “LUVTOFU” plate as a result ...

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said some chickadee plates are so worn down, they're unidentifiable by police officers, reported News Center Maine. "Maine has had a number of different ...

The Maine State Prison will continue to make all of the other plates Maine offers, including vanity plates in other designs. The plate shop produces about 645,000 individual plates each year.

Maine is discontinuing its iconic "chickadee" license plates, first introduced in 1999, to make way for a newer, simpler design featuring an homage to the state's old flag.

After license plate freedoms spiraled out of control, the Legislature directed the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to reestablish a system for vetting the state’s roughly 120,000 vanity license plates ...

Maine’s 1901 flag was the first official flag to represent our state and is therefore a perfect symbol to use as our state license plate. Over recent years, there have also been many calls to replace ...

The new plate was based on the original 1901 flag, with a dark green pine tree and navy blue star. Its unveiling comes amid a debate around whether Maine’s state flag should look more natural or ...

The new plates depict an Eastern white pine tree and the North Star, somewhat similar to the symbols found in Maine's 1901 state flag. The plates will replace the "chickadee" ones that have been ...