But in an historic first for the state and historic last for the country, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed a bill into law on Tuesday that not only removes that battle emblem from its flag, but ...

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Let’s try this again. A team of historians has taken another crack at developing South Carolina’s new state flag design after their first attempt was so widely mocked it had to be scrapped. This time ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — In just a few weeks, Illinois residents can vote on a new state flag. The finalists were pulled from nearly 5,000 entries, including one designed by a Rock Island college student.

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 ...

On Tuesday, after months of discussion, the Orem City Council moved approved the final design for a new flag. The vote was unanimous in favor of the new design with council members Terry Peterson and ...

The commission released potential designs earlier this year, but says it will not be able to meet a Dec. 15 deadline for ...

However, Lachman thinks the original flag design does not reflect modern Cleveland. “We don’t think it’s really an effective flag anymore,” Lachman said. “It’s very literal to the industry that ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WGN) — The Illinois Flag Commission announced the Top 10 finalists for their new state flag design competition Tuesday. According to the Illinois Secretary of State’s website, the ...

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South Carolina's state flag is pretty simple: A palmetto tree and a crescent on dark blue background. What can be so hard about making that? Well, a lot. The state flag has not had an official design ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Voters overwhelmingly voted in favor of the new state flag design on Tuesday. Just hours after the vote was determined, a member from the commission who helped choose that ...