Nearly 100 American flags are being raised to honor the community’s strength and support those affected by last month’s fire.

California Assemblyman Chris Rogers has introduced a bill to designate Bigfoot as the "official state cryptid," a creature whose reported existence is unproved. The bill, titled AB 666, was introduced ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every state's nickname.

A three-tiered, plain white cake with no writing, engravings, adornments, symbols or images is not pure speech,” the court ruled.

Arizona's state bird fends for itself against predators in the desert, making its home in prickly plants. Here's what to know and how to spot it.

Jan. 23, 3:30 a.m. PSTIn an interview with Fox News on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal disaster funds from California as he blamed the state’s fish ...

Private universities dominate the state's top five four-year colleges, with only one public university making the cut. Stanford University in Santa Clara County topped the list of best colleges in ...

Before we go adding multiple cold-blooded creatures to our increasingly chaotic catalog of state emblems, can we take care of some more low-hanging fruit that have yet to make the list?

Even though Maine already has 31 official state symbols — including a soil type, soft drink, fossil and insect — there seems to be a tendency to focus on what we don't have. Take for example two ...

(See the full list of Maine’s official state symbols below ... Connecticut has a state polka. California has a state fabric: denim. Prager thinks at least some of the increase in state symbols ...