Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said after the five-week voting period, the current state flag won the vote.

“Some may call it an SOB and the vexillogical community (flag experts) may hate it, but people overwhelmingly prefer our ...

The results are in for the contest to redesign the Illinois state flag, but these tallies aren't the final say.

Voters had the option to choose their favorite from one of the Illinois Flag Commission’s Top 10 new designs, or to choose one of three former flag designs — including the current one ...

The redesign contest included 10 new designs, two former state flags and the current one. The current flag received over ...

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

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 ...

There were nearly 400,000 votes over a five-week period. Take a look at what design won the Illinois state flag contest.

The Illinois state flag design. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, ...

Last year, the Illinois Flag Commission collected almost 5,000 entries of redesigning the old flag. One of those entries was from a Champaign design agency who took second place in the contest.

That design depicts Abraham Lincoln’s silhouette and the state of Illinois on a dark blue background. A flag designed for the state’s sesquicentennial celebration in 1968 finished in last ...