Statewide votes on election and gun control measures across the country tend to fall along partisan lines. In Maine, the Democratic governor’s opposition to Question 2 could scramble traditional ...

Most Oxford Hills towns report that a majority rejected changes to Maine's current absentee voting laws. Oxford and West Paris bucked the trend.

Red flag laws, or Extreme Risk Protective Orders (ERPOs), temporarily prohibit individuals deemed a danger from having firearms. A 2023 CDC dataset shows states with red flag laws generally have lower ...

Nicole Hockley, a mother who lost her son in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, 13 years ago — and is now the CEO of Sandy Hook Promise — says red flag laws can help ...

Thumbs up to law enforcement in the city off Mankato for its proactive and protective use of Minnesota new red flag law that allows guns to be removed from people who are likely to harm themselves or ...

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