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Illinois, ready to choose a state flag? Voting is open in the the new state flag design contest. The public can vote online at www.ilsos.gov/stateflag for one of the ...
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 ...
After thousands of submissions, 10 finalists and nearly 385,000 votes, the state of Illinois may not have a new flag after all. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. "The results are ...
The state of Illinois will begin accepting submissions for a new state flag design on Sept. 3 as a commission decides whether Illinois’ current flag needs to be replaced. Gov. JB Pritzker ...
Designer’s relationship to Illinois: 18-year-old lifelong resident born in Moline and currently living in Rock Island. Parents are also born and raised Illinoisans. Meaning behind the flag ...
That would be (state) “Seal on a Bedsheet,” the derisive moniker with which some have burdened the Illinois state flag, a gleaming white banner emblazoned with the state’s bald eagle-themed ...
Have an idea for a new state flag? Your time to shine is coming soon. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias recently announced the Illinois Flag Commission will begin accepting public ...
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 ...
The Illinois flag is widely considered to be one of the worst state flags in the union by vexillologists and vexillographers — people who study flags and people who design flags. The chief ...