The sesquicentennial (150-year, upper left) and centennial (upper right) designs for the Illinois state flag are candidates ...

Public reaction to the 10 finalists has been mixed, to say the least, so we turned to local design experts. They had some ...

Illinois, ready to choose a state flag? Voting is open in the the new state flag design contest. The public can vote online at for one of the new designs, or for one of three flags that have already ...

Vote for the current Illinois flag not because it is so great, but because anything else wastes our tax dollars.

Illinois may be getting a new state flag next year, thanks to a public vote on 10 new flag design proposals that is scheduled for January. Nearly 5,000 entries were submitted to the Illinois Flag ...

Flag design 4129 features corn kernels that form the state flower – the violet – and blue bars to represent the Ohio River, Chicago River/Illinois River system, Lake Michigan and the ...

Neil Steinberg/Sun-Times Share Illinois could get a new state flag — and you could design it. Starting Tuesday, the public can begin submitting proposals — up to three per person — to the ...