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
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."