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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A bright red dancing lobster with “Maine” messily scrawled across a clipart tree. A moose-like figure with disproportionately long legs drawn in marker, presumably by a child. Even martial arts legend ...

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 ...

Oregon City is ready for a new flag. You’d be forgiven for not knowing the city even had one. The current flag, adopted in 1989, isn’t flown at City Hall and doesn’t appear anywhere on the city’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Minnesota’s contributions to agriculture, timber harvesting, mining, paper production, and food manufacturing are well documented. But creativity, generally, is now one of our state’s most invaluable ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...