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

Votes are being tallied in the Illinois flag contest, but the current flag has its fans and lawmakers could decide to keep it ...

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.

Many designs for the new Illinois state flag feature the six-pointed Chicago star or the silhouette of President Abraham Lincoln. “The farther up you go in the level of government, the higher ...

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 ...

Illinois may be getting a new state flag, with residents able to choose from a total of 13 banner designs beginning this month. Nearly 5,000 entries were submitted to the Illinois Flag Commission ...

Attention Illinois residents: You can now officially cast your vote for a new state flag. The voting opened Friday and follows SB1818, which created an Illinois Flag Commission to "gauge public ...

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 ...

Illinois flags will be at half staff for several days this week as the state honors and remembers a fallen Chicago-area police officer. The move is in remembrance of fallen Oak Park Police ...