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 ...

though other states have made minor changes to their designs or have codified specific standards for their banners. Rankings of state flags have routinely put Illinois on the lower end of the list ...

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

“If there was some reason that a new flag was going to improve our business relationships with other states, or attract more people to live in Illinois, I might understand, but I don’t even ...

Governors in 31 states ordered American flags to be raised to full-staff Monday in honor of the inauguration of President ...

Tony Overman [email protected] Flags are flying at half-staff across the nation and here in Illinois, and they won’t be raised any time soon. As of Dec. 30, the lowered flag is a national ...

Votes cannot be altered once they are cast. When will the winning flag be known? After the public voting ends, the Illinois Flag Commission will count votes and report its findings and ...