Unfortunately — or fortunately — designs with a shark in a pilgrim hat and Dunkin’ coffee cups are still excluded.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Hanging outside the Pitman family's home is the Minnesota state flag of their dreams—a design the father and son duo created together that was chosen as one of the finalists by the ...

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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