No, states are not required to follow White House order to fly flags at half-staff in memory of former President Jimmy Carter ...
Kay Ivey and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Both governors cite a federal statute commonly called the U.S. flag code as their reasoning for why they’ll fly their flags at full-staff on Inauguration Day.
DeSantis' decision comes one day after Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama and Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, both Republicans, announced they would order flags to full-staff for Inauguration Day. As DeSantis ...