JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Nine commissioners designing a new Mississippi flag have the complicated task of choosing a simple design. Mississippi recently retired the last state flag with the Confederate ...

Minnesotans have plenty of ideas about how our new state flag and state seal should look, with loons, a north star, fish and water favored themes. Our flag and seal are getting a needed update and the ...

The Milwaukee Common Council is again discussing whether to adopt the People's Flag of Milwaukee as the official city flag, although Thursday's meeting on the topic also turned into the unveiling for ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Magnolias and stars. Crosses and guitars. Beer cans and crawfish. A Gulf Coast lighthouse. Elvis Presley and Kermit the Frog. All appear on proposals the general public submitted ...

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An image of one of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes, its rolling prairies or some pine trees? Maybe the silhouette of a loon, a golden North Star or a nod to our long winters? A new commission has three ...

Massachusetts is getting a new seal, flag, and motto this year and voters just narrowed the choices down to three options in each category. The state asked the public for new flag ideas. The public ...

The Minnesota State Historical Society released the more than 2,000 submissions for the new Minnesota state flag and seal on Wednesday, November 8, as the process of redesigning Minnesota's state ...

Minnesota’s state flag flies at the Capitol in St. Paul.Credit...Erica Dischino for The New York Times Supported by By Ernesto Londoño Reporting from St. Paul, Minn. Ask Minnesotans about the state’s ...