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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...