Flag of Pennsylvania

Too many US states have a state seal or something similar centered on a blue flag. Pennsylvania's coat of arms already has a basic tricolor in the shield, so I'd use that and remove the emblems to make it more easily reproducible.

Flag of New York

Too many US states have a state seal or something similar centered on a blue flag. For New York, I'd simplify the flag by taking the sun, mountain, and water from their coat of arms and expanding it to the entire flag. That looks impressive, right?

Flag of Kentucky

Too many US states have a state seal or something similar centered on a blue flag. Kentucky exemplifies this. They obviously learned flag design from their motherland, Virginia. Kentucky's great seal is also rather plain. A frontiersman and a statesman shaking hands, with sprigs of goldenrod. I moved them hoistward just to jazz it up a bit.

Flag of Indiana

Too many US states have a state seal or something similar centered on a blue flag. Indiana's is very good, but I did make one little change...

Flag of Michigan

Too many US states have a state seal or something similar centered on a blue flag. I would base Michigan's flag on the shield in their coat of arms: a lakeshore with a sunrise and a waving man. Isn't that pretty?

Flag of Wisconsin

Too many US states have a state seal or something similar centered on a blue flag. For Wisconsin, I'd base the flag on the shield in the center of their coat of arms. It's almost too much for a flag, but the remaining items are fairly equal, so what's to be removed?

Flag of Louisiana

Too many US states have a state seal or something similar centered on a blue flag. Louisiana's flag is good, with a distinctive pelican and nest, but I think the ribbon and text are unnecessary clutter.

Flag of Minnesota

Too many US states have a state seal or something similar centered on a blue flag. For Minnesota, I'd propose basing the flag on the symbols in their seal. White sky, green plains, brown tilled field, with a blue vertical bar for the river and evening sky. I'd keep the Native American riding away to the setting sun, but the farmer is unnecessary for their symbolism. The star-of-stars, L'Etoile du Nord, isn't in their state seal, but around it, but it's worth keeping, I'd say.

Flag of Oklahoma

Too many US states have a state seal or something similar centered on a blue flag. Oklahoma's flag isn't too bad, however. Other than deleting the name of the state, I'd keep it basically as is. The shield, pipe, and olive branch are distinctive enough on their own.

Flag of Kansas

Too many US states have a state seal or something similar centered on a blue flag. For Kansas, I propose a flag based on the image in their seal ... but without the color gradients. A beautiful sunset over a river and farm, with 34 stars in the sky for the 34th state.

Flag of Nebraska

Too many US states have a state seal or something similar centered on a blue flag. Nebraska's seal is actually more colorful than the seal depicted on the flag. I propose taking the colors from the full-color seal and basing the design of the flag on those hills and rivers. Simple, clean, distinctive.

Flag of South Dakota

Too many US states have a state seal or something similar centered on a blue flag. South Dakota used to have a sun without the state seal, so I propose returning to that, deleting the text, and making the sun larger.

Flag of North Dakota

Too many US states have a state seal or something similar centered on a blue flag. North Dakota's is worse than most, since without the text "North Dakota", it would look like a variant flag for the whole USA. This is a shame, since the North Dakota has an awesome coat of arms. I propose basing the state flag on this coat of arms.