A partisan fight over whether Washington's flag truly represents the state in the best way it could is brewing in Olympia, raising the idea of a redesign.

Washington could get a new state flag if a proposed bill becomes law. House Bill 1938, if approved, would establish a committee to oversee the process of designing and adopting a new state flag. The ...

The Washington legislature introduced House Bill 1938, which would create a committee to redesign the Washington state flag.Representatives Peterson, Reed, and Nance presented the bill’s language to ...

“The Democrats have a bill … that would cancel George Washington off of our state flag,” state Rep. April Connors, a Kennewick Republican, said in a video posted Feb. 16 to X (formerly Twitter).

Progressive Washington state lawmakers have introduced a bill that could remove George Washington from the state flag. House Bill 1938 aims to create a committee that will design a new state flag ...

House Bill 1938, sponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, would create a committee to come up with the redesign by 2028. “[We’re] not asking to remove George Washington from the history of ...

What defines Washington state’s identity? And should our state flag depict that? A failed effort to change the state flag inspired a heated response and deeper questions about who we are and ...

Is Washington’s State flag a relic of days gone by and should it be redesigned? A bill in this year’s Legislature says the ...

Reflecting the township’s name, the flag features an image of George Washington and 1779, the year the township was founded.

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Khaleda by emailing k.rahman@newsweek.com Washington could get a new state flag if a proposed bill becomes law. House Bill 1938, if approved ...