Flag Design No. 896 Designer’s relationship to Illinois: Designer’s wife, Maureen Thomas (1952-2023) was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois.

Illinois' flag violates almost every tenet of good flag design, Kaye said. "What makes a good flag is simplicity, meaningful symbols, few colors, no lettering or seals and distinctiveness," he said.

The Illinois Flag Commission earlier this year announced that the state, in an effort to update the old flag, would accept new designs through Oct. 18. Nearly two months after submissions closed ...

Gov. JB Pritzker approved a commission to explore whether or not Illinois needs a new flag. The current one — which has been mostly the same for about a century — has a lot going on. An ...

Illinois’ first state flag was adopted in 1915 but more than 50 years later, Bruce McDaniel — a chief petty officer from downstate Morgan County, who was serving in Vietnam at the time ...

The Illinois Flag Commission earlier this year announced that the state, in an effort to update the old flag, would accept new designs through Oct. 18. Nearly two months after submissions closed ...

The Illinois Flag Commission announced that the state, in an effort to update the old flag, would accept new designs through Oct. 18. See the finalists here.

Some Illinois lawmakers want more people flying the state flag. A new bill considers whether that means getting a new flag altogether. This week, Senate Bill 1818 — its number corresponding w… ...

The measure creating a 20-member Illinois Flag Commission (IFC), was signed into law by Gov. JB Pritzker last year. The commission is currently deciding whether to change the flag.

Illinois’ current flag was first put into use in 1970, but the design has been largely in place for much longer than that, according to the Illinois Flag Commission.

Illinois’s flag simply reproduces the state seal, which was designed in 1867 by Secretary of State Sharon Tyndale. Written on that bacon-looking ribbon in the eagle’s mouth is the state motto ...