“Some may call it an SOB and the vexillogical community (flag experts) may hate it, but people overwhelmingly prefer our ...

In January and February, vexillological Illinoisans engaged in a process led by the state to select a new state flag.

Photos from the first women’s college flag football game in Illinois between Benedictine and Rockford on March 8, 2025, at the Walter Payton Center in Lake Forest.

The redesign contest included 10 new designs, two former state flags and the current one. The current flag received over ...

More than half of those who voted in the Illinois flag redesign process wanted a new flag for the state, though their votes ...

The Illinois General Assembly will review the poll results and a report from a flag commission before making a final vote on ...

Editor's Note: The video in this story is from a previous report. After thousands of submissions, 10 finalists and nearly 385,000 votes, the state of Illinois may not have a new flag after all.

Illinois residents voted to keep the current state flag, with it receiving more votes than the next five alternatives ...

The highly anticipated Illinois flag redesign contest results were released on Thursday morning. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said after the five-week voting period, a majority ...