Maine is seeking design ideas before voters in November determine whether to adopt a new, more distinctive flag. By Amanda Holpuch Anyone with an idea for how the Maine state flag should look has a ...

A bright new flag will soon be hoisted up flag poles in Howard County, symbolizing the county’s historic past and hopeful future with references to its characteristic features. Howard County Executive ...

Sep. 28—'Woke,' white nationalist, or just a symbol of the state? The answer, truly, is blowing in the wind. Ahead of a November referendum on replacing Maine's flag with a modernized version of the ...

A Minnesota commission tasked with redesigning the state's flag and seal announced its selection for the updated state flag on Tuesday. The State Emblems Redesign Commission voted 11-1 to approve the ...

The Illinois state flag commission released the flag designs that the state legislature could end up approving. Maine’s proposed flag looks a lot like one of its old ones. That’s intentional A case of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS — The Illinois Flag Commission has ...

After four months of discussion and more than 2,000 design submissions, Minnesota finally has a new state flag and seal. Members of the State Emblems Redesign Commission on Tuesday chose a flag design ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Minnesotans can get a first-hand look at the six finalist designs for the new state flag at the Mall of America this weekend. The flags will be displayed in the Huntington Bank ...

correctionAn earlier version of this article misstated the year when the Minnesota flag was adopted. It was 1893; the seal featured on the flag was adopted in 1849. The report also misidentified the ...

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