American flags and some state flags will be flown at half-staff across the United States this week and over the weekend to acknowledge three tragic events. Why It Matters Nationwide, U.S. flags have ...

Responding to Ed Anderson's story, "New Louisiana state flag with bleeding pelican is unfurled," reader maavelous commented: The new design was required by a bill passed during the 2006 legislative ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Gov. Jeff Landry ordered flags to fly at half-staff Thursday and Friday in Louisiana after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kirk, 31, was ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Gov. Jeff Landry ordered flags at half-staff Wednesday across Louisiana in honor of the anniversary of Hurricane Rita. Rita made landfall as a Category 3 storm 20 ...