The current roster of emojis includes many national flags, but not state-specific ones. So, left with few other options, people have taken to using the Chilean flag emoji (🇨🇱) to signify Texas pride ...

For the past few years, at least, officials in Atascosa County, south of San Antonio, have been sending out absentee ballot packages that include a page with a flag proudly displayed in a wavy motion.

NELSPRUIT, South Africa (AP) — Every day when Chile's players walk onto their World Cup practice field, the torn and muddied Chilean flag flying nearby serves as a reminder of just how much their ...

A State Representative introduced a resolution into the Texas state legislature aimed at deterring Texans from using the Chilean flag emoji in place of the Texas flag. "Most major electronic messaging ...

Feb. 21 (UPI) --A Texas lawmaker hopes to pass legislation to discourage people from using the Chilean flag emoji to represent the Texas flag. Republican State Representative Tom Oliverson authored ...

The two Lone Star States don’t have a great deal in common, except maybe in Atascosa County, Texas, where for at least the past five years the quarter page instruction sheet that accompanied absentee ...

Texas Rangers Six Shooter Jaime Thatcher waves a Texas flag in the outfield before their game against the Houston Astros on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas. (Ashley ...

Place the Texas and Chilean flags side by side and take a glance. For the past several years, absentee voters from Atascosa County apparently didn't. Election officials recently learned that small ...

Thanks to Apple’s refusal to release what we know would be the most useful emoji of all time, the Chilean flag is often confused for that of Texas. And, we have to admit, the mistake seems easy to ...

The Texas flag looks a lot like the flag of Chile, which is tripping up Texans who use emojis. A state representative wants to pass a resolution saying the Chilean flag is not a stand-in when texting.

While there’s not an emoji of the Texas state flag, there’s one that looks very similar to it – the emoji for the flag of Chile. Both flags feature red and white bars, a blue panel and a single star.