Next month, the Pine Tree State will decide whether to embrace a new symbol for the future or hold onto an emblem of the past.

According to a county news release, the Allen County Bicentennial Executive Board accepted citizens’ flag designs in the first three months of the year. From a field of more than 300 ...

The deadline is approaching for a competition to design a new Illinois State Flag, and the state wants your submission. The ...

BUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, THE PEOPLE’S FLAG, THE ONE WITH THE SUN RISING OVER THE LAKE, WON A DESIGN COMPETITION. BUT WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY ADOPTED. AS 12 NEWS DUKE CARTER REPORTS, IT NOW MAY UP TO ...

The Allen County Bicentennial Executive Board, on behalf of the Allen County Board of Commissioners, accepted flag designs from Jan. 1 through March 29. After receiving more than 300 flag designs ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is reminding the public that there’s still time to submit an Illinois state ...

Last year, Senate Bill 1818 -- appropriately named after the year Illinois became a state -- created a commission to evaluate the state’s current flag, and decide whether or not it is time to design a ...

Illinois is receiving design submissions for its new state flag through a public process, with an October 18 deadline.

Neil Steinberg/Sun-Times Share Illinois could get a new state flag — and you could design it. Starting Tuesday, the public can begin submitting proposals — up to three per person — to the ...

However, there are some pretty different meanings behind the flag colors and design, despite both having ... get your facts straight for the Ivory Coast vs Ireland flag-off: The meaning of ...

Tessa McKenzie, one of the individuals involved in designing the Fiji flag, has spoken about the thought process behind the ...