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 ...

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

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 ...

Before being officially adopted as the state’s new banner, voters would have to approve the redesign through a referendum. Preliminary estimates show the flag redesign effort would cost upward ...

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 ...

“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 ...

House Bill 1938 would launch a state flag redesign committee to oversee the process of devising a new look for the iconic flag. The House State Government and Tribal Relations Committee is holding ...

However, House Bill 1938 sponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Seattle, would create a State Flag Redesign Committee that would look at up to five potential new flag designs, with one sent to voters ...

(Public domain image) CHICAGO (CN) — Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Thursday that after a monthslong state flag redesign effort, the current state flag — consisting of the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 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 ...