The original call for artists, or otherwise, to submit their suggested designs saw more than 5,000 entries pour in with the ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

After some controversy over whether flags should fly at full-staff on Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump issued an ...

Kam Buckner, of Chicago. The commission selected the 10 finalists in December from 4,844 entries. The possible new flags come from a variety of designers, including born-and-raised Illinoisans ...