As climate change intensifies, U.S. infrastructure faces mounting threats from extreme weather events, including devastating ...

The people of Illinois have spoken, and they overwhelmingly favor retaining the current state flag. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced the results of the state flag ...

Illinoisans have spoken: Don’t go changing our flag. The public had a chance to vote for a new flag from one of 12 designs or keep the current one. And after five weeks of voting, the current ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias on Thursday announced that of the nearly 385,000 votes his office received ...

Before being officially adopted as the state’s new banner, voters would have to approve the redesign through a referendum. Preliminary estimates show the flag redesign effort would cost upward ...

There’s controversy gusting through the Washington Legislature over a proposed redesign of the state flag. House Bill 1938, sponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, would create a ...

House Bill 1938 would launch a state flag redesign committee to oversee the process of devising a new look for the iconic flag. The House State Government and Tribal Relations Committee is holding ...

“Our flag is rich in history. I find the flag redesign a lost focus on matters that truly matter,” Brian Jewell said in his testimony against the bill. “Certainly, this is not a high ...

However, House Bill 1938 sponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Seattle, would create a State Flag Redesign Committee that would look at up to five potential new flag designs, with one sent to voters ...