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.

Illinois’ current flag incorporates the state’s official seal, which was adopted in 1869. The flag itself was adopted in 1915, with a small addition of the state’s name added in 1970 ...

Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas’ campaign staff assemble a Illinois State flag for the ... to leave Illinois’ existing flag (commonly derided as “a seal on a bedsheet” by flag ...

Illinois State Sen. Terri Bryant ... Ted Kaye, a vexillologist, or person who studies flags, calls it a “seal on a bedsheet” — an unflattering term for a flag design in vexillology circles ...

The current flag simply displays the state's seal against a white background ... Our current flag has represented Illinois well for more than 100 years. We can all have a say on whether it ...