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 ...

Maine’s state bird had been featured on standard license plates since 1999 but is being phased out this year in favor of a ...

But it never came. The Legislature’s Transportation Committee held a hearing on a proposal to replace by 2026 all general issue license plates featuring the official state bird on a pine tree twig.

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...