“Only the simplest designs really function well,” says Kaye, who is the secretary of the North American Vexillological ...

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

Voting is open in the the new state flag design contest. The public can vote online at www.ilsos.gov/stateflag for one of the ...

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

The red, white, and blue stands both for Old Glory and the tricolor of France, which also flew over the state. Lincoln’s ...

President-elect Donald Trump will take office on Monday, and will do so with flags at full-staff above the United States ...

Illinoisans can now vote on whether they want a new state flag. The Illinois Secretary of State's office officially ... Doris Turner, of Springfield, and Rep. Kam Buckner, of Chicago. The commission ...

Flags were lowered to fly at half staff in Illinois Thursday and they were expected to remain at half-staff for several days to honor a Chicago police officer who was killed in the line of duty.

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