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 ...

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

The current state flag design received 43% of the votes, making it the decisive winner in the flag redesign contest.

The people of Illinois have spoken, and they overwhelmingly favor retaining the current state flag. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced the results of the 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 ...

(WAND) - The current Illinois state flag is the most popular choice among voters in the flag redesign contest. The public overwhelmingly favors retaining the current state flag, Illinois Secretary ...

The commission whittled down thousands of redesign submissions to 10 options for voters. The commission also gave voters the option to choose flags designed for the state’s centennial and ...

There’s controversy gusting through the Washington Legislature over a proposed redesign of the state flag. House Bill 1938, sponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, would create a committee ...

which proposes a redesign by 2028. Compared with other state flags, it feels plain, the bill argues. Other flags have references to flora and fauna, like the grizzly bear that adorns the ...

“Our flag is rich in history. I find the flag redesign a lost focus on matters that truly matter,” Brian Jewell said in his testimony against the bill. “Certainly, this is not a high ...

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 revision contest decided they’d prefer to resist change and keep the ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA / WGN) — The results are in for the contest to redesign the Illinois state flag, but these tallies aren’t the final say. One design from Champaign received the second ...