The state’s name is drawn from the Dakota language ... Nord” (Star of the North) were all inspirations for his design. State officials said the state’s existing flag is also difficult ...

The design features the shape of Minnesota, cast in a deep blue and topped with an eight-point star facing north. (State Emblems Redesign Commission/TNS) ORG XMIT: 98413358W (State Emblems ...

With all the attention on Minnesota's new state flag design, certain state symbols ... "You can see it just as well here as you could in North Dakota or even over in Maine," Ehret said.

The Maine secretary of state held a contest to finalize the design of the new flag that voters will consider ... who is also a past president of the North American Vexillological Association.

After months of debate and thousands of submissions, Minnesota has unveiled a new flag ... design was an ode to Minnesota's motto, Star of the North. It added that the light blue represented the ...

Illinois will accept submissions for a new state flag design after Labor Day as commissioners ... its flag to reflect its motto of being the North Star State. The flag replaced an old flag that ...

opens new tab that he changed the state’s flag to resemble that of Somalia. “The old flag of Minnesota violated every principle, opens new tab of good flag design,” Brian Cham, a North ...

That is the first tenet of good flag design, say flag-making experts at the North American Vexillological ... The center of it shows the state coat of arms. The official website of New Jersey ...

Mainers are going to decide in November whether to adopt a new flag, one that tracks closely with the state's first flag. The design by contest ... a reference to the north star.

MARION — The Illinois Flag Commission will begin accepting designs for the new Illinois state flag on Tuesday ... will select 10 submissions for the design, which it will then open to the ...

Several states have placed important measures on their ballots, ranging from flag designs to end-of-life care.

(CN) — Following a lengthy and much-discussed planning process, a Minnesota commission has selected the final design for a new state flag they say “was designed by Minnesota.” The flag features an ...