Martinique's water woes drive anger at French rule
Like many contentious issues in Martinique, water is intertwined with questions of class and race, including the prominence ...
The Pantagraph26d
Current Illinois flag wins state flag redesign vote
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois state flag may be around a lot longer, it turns out. About 43% of the 385,000 votes in an advisory state flag revision contest decided they’d prefer to resist change ...
New York Post3d
Utah becomes first state to ban LGBTQ+ pride flags in government buildings and schools
Utah became the first state to prohibit flying LGBTQ+ pride flags at schools and all government buildings after the Republican governor announced he was allowing a ban on unsanctioned flag ...
Indiatimes3d
Utah becomes first US state to ban LGBTQ pride flag from schools and government buildings
Utah has enacted a law prohibiting the display of the LGBTQ pride flag at schools and government buildings, becoming the first state to do so. The law will take effect on 7 May, and non-compliance ...
The Salt Lake Tribune4d
Pride flag ban: Utah becomes first state to outlaw pride flags in government buildings, schools
Utah became the first state in the nation to ban pride flags from all public schools and on all government property after Gov. Spencer Cox allowed a bill prohibiting the display of any non ...
The Hamilton Spectator17d
Illinois votes on a new state flag design - and chooses the current one
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, Maple Leaf — or SOB. That would ...
Chicago Sun-Times26d
Flag waiver? Illinois residents overwhelming reject idea of redesigning state flag
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 changing our flag. The public had a chance ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana3d
Illinois state flag likely to remain unchanged
It seems Illinois might not be getting a new state flag after all. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Thursday more people prefer Illinois' current state flag than any of the proposed ...
WGN-TV26d
In with the old: Current state flag wins big in flag redesign contest, Illinois Secretary of State announces
The people of Illinois have spoken, and they overwhelmingly favor retaining the current state flag. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced the results of the state flag ...
Sentinel & Enterprise26d
‘The flag is an important part of state pride’
FITCHBURG — Lifelong city resident Matt Haigh’s independent research project at school focused on changing the design of the state flag has grown into a movement that has reached thousands of ...
CBS News3d
Utah becomes first state to ban LGBTQ pride flags in government buildings and schools
The Beehive State became the first to prohibit flying the LGBTQ pride flag at schools and all government buildings after its Republican governor said he was allowing a ban on unsanctioned flag ...
Newsweek3d
Republican State Bans MAGA and Pride Flags at Schools, Government Buildings
Andrew Stanton is a Newsweek weekend reporter based in Maine. His role is reporting on U.S. politics and social issues. Andrew joined Newsweek in 2021 from The Boston Globe. He is a graduate of ...