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

Illinois voters prefer to keep the current state flag, earning 165,602 votes. That's disappointing, but not altogether surprising.  As I've written before, the finalists for the new flag were also ...

Illinois residents voted to keep the current state flag, with it receiving more votes than the next five alternatives ...

Click here to see the submitted flags that didn’t make the cut. The winning design, pictured above, is from graphic designer Shan Rodich. Here’s what the symbols mean, according to the ...

The Illinois General Assembly will review the poll results and a report from a flag commission before making a final vote on ...

After 385,000 votes, Illinois residents overwhelmingly chose to retain the current state flag, despite new design options.

Colleen Hayes, a graphic designer with Champaign-based Clanin Creative, is shown with its submission in the Illinois flag-design contest, which came in second. The current state flag of Illinois ...

The American flag on US race cars is intentionally reversed to symbolize forward movement. This design follows United States Flag Code and is also seen on airplanes and NASA spacecraft.

Illinois residents have spoken and when it comes to the state flag, the message is clear: if it's not broke, don't fix it. After a five-week voting period for a new state flag, residents ...

CHICAGO — The votes are in — the people of Illinois would like to keep the state flag as it is. The public had nearly a month to vote on 10 proposed state flag designs, along with two former ...