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Minnesota has a new design for its state flag. That doesn't mean the debate is going to stop. The commission tasked with redesigning the state's emblems still has to dot the i's and cross the t's on its work, and Republican legislators upset about the flag redesign process plan to make it an issue in the next legislative session. For those who like the state's brand new flag design — an ...
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Minnesota is getting a new flag that more accurately represents “every Minnesotan,” said the state's Lt. governor, Peggy Flanagan. The new flag, approved by the State Emblems Redesign Commission on December 19, shows a white Northern star over a dark blue backdrop in the “abstract shape” of Minnesota, beside a lighter blue that’s meant to symbolize “the significance of water to our state,” according to the commission’s notes. The previous design of the Minnesota state flag has long been criticized for depicting a shirtless Na...
A state commission selected a basic design concept Friday for a new state flag for Minnesota to replace a current banner that is considered offensive to Native Americans, but will need more time to add the finishing touches. The panel went with one bearing a stylized dark blue shape of Minnesota on the left with an eight-pointed white North Star on it, then either horizontal stripes or a solid field on the right. The commission then decided to consider variants on that theme when it reconvenes Tuesday, including an asymmetrical Minnesota that looks more like the state's actual shape, an...