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

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

Illinois State Sen. Terri Bryant, a member of the commission ... Ted Kaye, a vexillologist, or person who studies flags, ...

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 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 ...

Participants can also vote for previous flag designs — one from the 1960s and another from 1918 — or to leave Illinois’ existing flag (commonly derided as “a seal on a bedsheet” by flag ...