The sesquicentennial (150-year, upper left) and centennial (upper right) designs for the Illinois state flag are candidates ...

Vote for the current Illinois flag not because it is so great, but because anything else wastes our tax dollars.

Public reaction to the 10 finalists has been mixed, to say the least, so we turned to local design experts. They had some ...

Explain the meaning behind your flag: The 21 red + white stripes represent Illinois as the 21st state of this union. The blue field with the six-pointed white star represents Chicago. The negative ...

It was created in the previous General Assembly by Senate Bill 1818, sponsored by State Sen. Doris Turner, of Springfield, ...

An American flag in miniature. The 21 stripes represent Illinois’s admission as the 21st state. The six-pointed star on a blue field represents Chicago, and the white space in between is shaped ...

There is no limit on flag shape or ratio ... She also cited the diverse makeup of the state, including a large metropolis ...

Neil Steinberg/Sun-Times Share Illinois could get a new state flag — and you could design it. Starting Tuesday, the public can begin submitting proposals — up to three per person — to the ...

Bad Flag. [WBEZ] 2. Amtrak canceled several Chicago-area trains scheduled for Monday as the city braces for the first below-zero temperatures of the year Martin Luther King Jr. Day is set to be ...

Although the U.S. flag is at half-staff to mark the death of President Jimmy Carter, 8 Republican-led states will raise flags ...

A Dyke March collective member said the flags "made people feel unsafe," and that the march was "anti-Zionist" and "pro-Palestinian." (JTA) — A parade in Chicago celebrating the lesbian ...

sponsored by State Sen. Doris Turner, of Springfield, and Rep. Kam Buckner, of Chicago. The commission selected the 10 finalists in December from 4,844 entries. The possible new flags come from a ...