In a proclamation issued Dec. 29, Biden ordered flags across the U.S. to be flown at half-staff for 3 days "in honor and tribute to the memory of President James Earl Carter Jr. and as an expression of public sorrow."
Governors in 31 states ordered American flags to be raised to full-staff Monday in honor of the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was not one of them. Instead, Pritzker kept flags in Illinois at half-staff where the’ve been since late December to honor a fallen trooper and