Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, ...

The highly anticipated Illinois flag redesign contest results were released on Thursday morning. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said after the five-week voting period, a majority ...

The contest came after the creation of SB1818, which created an Illinois Flag Commission ... symbol of state pride.” Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need ...

Illinoisans voted to keep the current state flag in a redesign contest. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share Illinoisans have spoken: Don’t go changing our flag. The public had a chance ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois voters have opted to keep the current state flag ahead of several proposed redesigns, the Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias' Office said. This comes after five weeks ...

The Illinois Flag Commission will prepare a ... Doris Turner (48th District, Springfield) and State Rep. Kam Buckner (26th District, Chicago), was signed into law by Gov. JB Pritzker in 2023 ...

In January and February, vexillological Illinoisans engaged in a process led by the state to select a new state flag.

Editor's Note: The video in this story is from a previous report. After thousands of submissions, 10 finalists and nearly 385,000 votes, the state of Illinois may not have a new flag after all.

The NFL franchise and Chicago Public Schools first introduced girls high school flag ... an Illinois High School Association sanctioned sport, with 154 teams participating in the first state ...

The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB ... Kam Buckner, who sponsored the law creating the flag inquiry. But the Chicago Democrat was quick to point out that while ...