Understand the meaning. Is it a distress signal or a political protest? Learn about the interpretation of this flag display ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered Texas and U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff statewide in honor of Carole Keeton, a trailblazing leader and longtime public servant who died this week.

Texas is joining more than a dozen state legislatures considering regulating which flags can be displayed in public buildings or schools. But while two bills moving in Austin would ban most flags ...