Illinois residents can play a role in history by voting on the new state flag design. Time is running out, however, as Friday ...

The original call for artists, or otherwise, to submit their suggested designs saw more than 5,000 entries pour in with the Illinois Flag Commission. From that panoply, the commission narrowed the ...

As the state debates whether to adopt a new banner, Illinois flag voting will conclude this week, officials say.

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 ...

Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas’ campaign staff assemble a Illinois State flag for the podium during Vallas’ election night party at Recess in 2023. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times ...

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

The Bears will host the first-ever collegiate women’s flag football game for the state of Illinois on March 8, 2025, at the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Voting is open for people to choose which of the 10 finalists for the Illinois state flag redesign most deserves to replace the current model. The original call for artists ...

CHICAGO — Scott Grandchamp was cleaning out the backroom last month at the LaGrange Park Ace Hardware store he owns when he found an untouched Illinois state flag tucked into a safe. He decided ...