Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, Maple Leaf — or SOB. That would be (state) “Seal on a Bedsheet,” ...

In January and February, vexillological Illinoisans engaged in a process led by the state to select a new state flag.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA / WGN) — The results are in for the contest to redesign the Illinois state flag, but these tallies aren’t the final say. One design from Champaign received the second ...

Giannoulias’ office oversees the 21-member Illinois Flag Commission that was impaneled in 2023 to determine if a new flag design was necessary, or wanted, in an effort to better market the state.

Illinois residents overwhelmingly voted to keep the current state flag during a five-week public poll. The existing design received 43 percent of nearly 385,000 votes, more than the next five ...

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 ...

Of the nearly 385,000 votes cast, more than 165,000 went to the current flag — receiving more votes than the next five top designs combined. Second place earned 32,898 votes, Illinois Secretary ...

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 an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.” SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal ...

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 ...