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 ...

HAVE YOU ever met a vexed vexillologist? This is someone who frets when flags are badly designed. Sadly, too many flags flutter to deceive: they are cluttered with imagery, a mess of colours and all ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 28—'Woke,' white nationalist, or just a symbol of the state? The answer, truly, is blowing in the wind. Ahead of a November ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illinoisans now know their 10 options to potentially replace the current state flag. The Illinois State Flag Commission released ...

The final design is a modified version of a submission by 24-year-old Andrew Prekker. State Emblems Redesign Commission / Minnesota Historical Society After sifting through more than 2,600 submissions ...

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 ...

Minnesota is currently contemplating a new state flag. In order to capture the true essence of the North Star State, with its endless lakes and vaguely menacing waterfowl, its leaders have wisely ...

Caroline Cummings is an Emmy-winning reporter with a passion for covering politics, public policy and government. She is thrilled to join the WCCO team. MINNEAPOLIS — The panel tasked with replacing ...

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 ...

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 ...

An overwhelming majority of voters of an online poll chose maintaining the current flag of Illinois rather than picking any of the 10 new options or one of two alternate state flag designs used in the ...