The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.” The white banner emblazoned with the ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said after the five-week voting period, the current state flag won the vote. Voters picked from the Illinois Flag Commission's Top 10 new designs, ...

Earlier this year, the public had the chance to vote for their favorite out of 10 new designs, three previous iterations and the current 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.

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

That would be (state) “Seal on a Bedsheet,” the derisive moniker with which some have burdened the Illinois state flag ... lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to ...

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 ...

The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as ... Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner was chosen.