Buckle up: We’re about to take an etymological road trip across the country, tackling the origins of all 50 state names (and Washington, D.C.) in alphabetical order. Are Georgia the state and ...

Nearly 5,000 new Illinois State Flag designs were entered by the Oct. 18 deadline that could lead to a new look since 1969. Specifically, 4,844 residents sought to make their mark within the ...

Waukesha and Wisconsin remain ‘Waukesha Strong,'" he said. The U.S. flag and the Wisconsin state flag will be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Thursday. U.S. flags typically fly at ...

See updated brackets, round-by-round scores and schedules, and other coverage from the 2024 girls flag football state playoffs. High schools in Durham, Johnston, New Hanover, Union, and Wake counties ...

Anyone can recognize it. We’re the Pine Tree State. People are already flying the 1901 flag. We’re just giving people the opportunity to ratify something they’ve already chosen." State Rep. Sean ...

Last year, we flagged – pun intended – an unusual bill well before the 2024 Tennessee legislature met as one that was likely to stir controversy. And we weren't wrong.

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - This photo provided by the State of Maine/Secretary of State shows the winning design of a flag ...

Mainers voted Nov. 4, 2024, to keep the official state flag (top) rather than replace it with a design (bottom) that harkens to the state's original flag. (Wikimedia, Maine secretary of state) ...

That played a role in lawmakers’ approval of a bill to let Mainers vote on replacing the current flag. The state’s official ...

The Congress on Friday raised with the Election Commission “serious and grave inconsistencies” which it said were being revealed in the data relating to the polling and counting processes for the ...

A new poll spells potentially bad news for plans to change the Maine state flag. Question 5 on the state ballot asks Mainers if they would like to change the current Maine flag, which is blue and ...

PORTLAND (WGME) – Mainers are deciding Tuesday whether to keep the current flag or switch to a new design. Maine's Secretary of State chose the winner out of a group of finalists, narrowed down ...