(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Senate is indicating support for changing the design of the Utah state flag. The Senate approved the first reading of the bill that would change the flag yesterday, with 18 senators voting in favor. The bill has faced criticism from some Utahns who […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The fight to create a new state flag has passed its first hurdle. The Senate Business and Labor Committee voted 6-1 yesterday to advance the design of the new flag to a full vote of the state Senate. The committee heard testimony from more than […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new design for Utah’s state flag will go before the state legislature in January. Yesterday, members of the Utah State Flag Task Force voted unanimously to send the design to state lawmakers. With a few minor changes, the current state flag design has remained […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A panel working on a new design for the Utah flag is nearly done with its work. The panel met yesterday and has reportedly advanced a design for a final vote. The favored design features a beehive, an eight-pointed star representing Native American tribes, and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utahns can now take a closer look at the 20 designs under consideration to be the new state flag. The designs went on display at the Utah State Capitol building yesterday. The designs are also on display at Southern Utah University in Cedar City and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new design for the Utah State Flag is getting closer to reality. Nineteen designs are under consideration following feedback from the public. State Senator Dan McCay tweeted images of the remaining designs last night, saying they represented the hard work of many Utahns and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utahns have just a few weeks left to submit designs that will be considered for a new state flag. The state’s Department of Cultural and Community Engagement is touring the state to encourage more submissions. Renee Leta of the More Than a Flag initiative recently […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A bill that would create a commission to review and recommend designs for a new state flag passed the Utah House. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the House voted 46-26 on Friday to approve the commission. The bill now goes to the Senate for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah state lawmaker is leading an effort to redesign a clunky Utah state flag that critics have called an “S.O.B.” — seal on a bedsheet. State Rep Steve Handy recently announced he will introduce a bill creating a flag review commission that could ultimately […]
