A new state flag rose over the Minnesota Capitol at dawn Saturday, May 11, marking its official adoption after a decades-long push to change the state’s emblems. The new design, inspired by one of ...

Minnesota raised its new state flag over its capitol on Saturday. The flag was unfurled on the state's "Statehood Day" holiday and features a stylized outline of the state, an eight-pointed star and a ...

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 ...

When Minnesota's new state flag starts flying next year, it will almost certainly incorporate hues of blue and white and the symbol of the North Star. That imagery rose to the top Tuesday as the State ...

Minnesota is currently contemplating a new state flag. In order to capture the true essence of the North Star State, with its endless lakes and vaguely menacing waterfowl, its leaders have wisely ...

Love it, hate it or yawn at it, Minnesota is set to get a new state flag this spring that echoes its motto of being the North Star State, replacing an old flag that brought up painful memories of ...

Since 1895, the Alabama state flag has been a crimson St. Andrew’s cross on a rectangular field of white. The design was likely intended to “preserve in permanent form some of the more distinctive ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Saturday is Minnesota Statehood Day, celebrating our state's admittance to the union as the 32nd state 166 years ago. But this year's celebration has an extra bit of history to it.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Love it, hate it or yawn at it, Minnesota is set to get a new state flag this spring that echoes its motto of being the North Star State, replacing an old flag that brought up ...

Minnesota Republican leaders are ramping up their opposition to the new state flag, hoping to turn anger over the redesign into an election-year issue. Rep. Bjorn Olson, R-Fairmont, and Sen. Steve ...

When Minnesota's new state flag starts flying next year, it will almost certainly incorporate hues of blue and white and the symbol of the North Star. That imagery rose to the top Tuesday as the State ...