Tony Overman [email protected] If you notice flags at half-staff across Washington state this weekend, it’s not for Armed Forces Day on May 17. They’ll stay lowered through the weekend ...

Additionally, each state might have their own observations scheduled throughout the year. Flags are always lowered in Washington state following the deaths of a principal federal or state ...

Languages: English. A bill which would redesign the Washington State flag has been blasted as "un-American" by state Republicans who fear a redesign would remove George Washington from the state flag.

A mayor in Washington state blew up on an LGBTQ activist after she described the city flying the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flag as a "political stunt" during the public comment portion of ...

A Washington state mayor scolded an LQBTQ+ activist who was outraged that the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flag was allowed to fly over City Hall but the Pride flag was not. Newcastle Mayor ...

Lockhart has a vision for the state flag that incorporates a few of its current colors. Another reader took aim at Washington’s current flag as looking like “a bad Instagram pic of a pork chop ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Illinoisans voted to keep the current state flag in a redesign contest. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share Illinoisans have spoken: Don’t go ...

(Public domain image) CHICAGO (CN) — Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Thursday that after a monthslong state flag redesign effort ... current state flag has faced criticism from ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced the results of the state flag redesign contest following a five-week voting period. Voters had the option to choose their favorite from ...

The Washington state ... who raised issues with the flag’s design. If enacted, the bill will establish a redesign committee consisting of the director of the state arts commission, two ...

Members of the WA State legislature introduced House Bill 1938, which could see the redesign ... the flag is poorly designed, complex and doesn’t align with the state’s evolving identity. The bill ...

The North American Vexillological Association — vexillology is the study of flags ... of eastern Washington. Peterson’s bill calls for the redesign committee to include state lawmakers ...