Minnesota’s State Emblems Redesign Commission began accepting designs from the public on Monday for a new state flag and seal.

Peterson said he's always been intrigued by state flags, having grown up in New Mexico, whose current flag dates back to 1920. It features a red, tribal symbol of a sun set on gold background.

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 ...

A commission is weighing 6 finalists, and a new state flag could be flying in Minnesota by sometime next year.

The highly anticipated Illinois flag redesign contest results were released on Thursday morning. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said after the five-week voting period, a majority ...

In recent years, several states including Mississippi, Utah and Minnesota have redesigned their flags. Texas, Colorado and New Mexico are often held up as examples of good flag designs.

The redesign contest included 10 new designs, two former state flags and the current one. The current flag received more than 165,000 of the nearly 385,000 votes cast.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill (WREX) – The Illinois Flag Commission reveals the top ten finalists in the new state redesign competition.

The new Minnesota flag, adopted in May, includes symbols specific to Minnesota and was not inspired by Somalia, the flag’s designer and a flag expert adviser on the redesign told Reuters.

Minnesota did pick a new flag in 2023 but Tim Walz was not involved in the selection process. Any similarities to the Somali flag are unintentional.

New Mexico's flag, along with Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Alaska, Maryland and South Carolina have all been singled out for simple yet memorable compositions.