A growing list of Minnesota cities and counties are reverting to flying the previous 1983 Minnesota state flag. Local municipalities are not required by state law to fly a particular state flag, if ...

Two years after Minnesota adopted a new flag, the state is seemingly warring over the design, the process of picking the flag, and communities that are refusing to fly it in favor of the old flag. The ...

Minnesota mayors are rejecting their state lawmakers' attempt to penalize cities for not flying the new state flag. Members of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party pushed legislation Monday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some Democrats in the Minnesota House want to penalize any city or county that choose to fly the 1983 state flag, which has been ...

As a commissioner on the State Emblems Redesign Commission, I’m incredibly proud of the new Minnesota state flag we adopted in December 2023. The flag is a powerful, unified symbol that truly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Minnesota is home to the largest number of Somali Americans in the country, but any similarities between the new flag and the ...

Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is facing a new challenge from a Minneapolis-area mayor who is refusing to back down from flying the original 1980s state flag. The mayor said the controversial flag ...

It was almost two years ago that I first saw the new Minnesota state flag flying over the State Capitol. At the time, it was an unexpected relief that left me feeling better about the state of our ...

One of my favorite places on the planet is Crosslake, Minn., where my family has had a summer cabin for nearly 40 years. It’s a beautiful and peaceful place where not a whole lot changes. These days, ...

The new flag was chosen in a public process and is rich with meaning and connections to the state’s history.