A proposal to designate the tortilla as New Mexico’s official state bread had unanimous support from lawmakers. On Friday, ...

Texas Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, authored a resolution to make the cannon the official state gun of Texas. On April 10, ...

The debates around adopting official state symbols offer levity along with valuable civics lessons for students.

Legislating isn’t always about taxes, tariffs and other serious issues. Lawmakers sometimes yearn for levity and the rare ...

The Texas Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill that would restrict which flags public schools can display on campuses.

Official state symbols date to the late 1800s ... with legislation pending that would add Ursa Minor to that state's list. Texas, meanwhile, is considering adding the cannon as an official ...

Flags representing pride, Confederacy, Black Lives Matter, Blue Lives Matter and others would be prohibited in classes under ...

Former state House majority leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton alleges in a new lawsuit that Albuquerque police used ...