Readers flooded us with their ideas for a new Washington state flag, as lawmakers briefly had considered redesigning the old ...

The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.” The white banner emblazoned with the ...

Some state legislators say it’s important to commemorate the former flag. Others say problematic imagery and the old flag’s ...

The results are in for the contest to redesign the Illinois state flag, but these tallies aren’t the final say. One design ...

More than half of those who voted in the Illinois flag redesign process wanted a new flag for the state, though their votes ...

The people of Illinois have spoken, and they overwhelmingly favor retaining the current state flag. Illinois Secretary of ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias on Thursday announced that of the nearly 385,000 votes his office received ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said after the five-week voting period, the current state flag won the vote.

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 ...

The Illinois state flag may be around a lot longer, it turns out. About 43% of the 385,000 votes in an advisory state flag ...

Illinoisans have spoken: Don’t go changing our flag. The public had a chance to vote for a new flag from one of 12 designs or keep the current one. And after five weeks of voting, the current ...