After public feedback, the commission will send its recommendation to the Illinois General Assembly, whose members will vote on whether to adopt a new flag or retain the current flag design.

It’s advice he and other design experts hope the Illinois Flag Commission will take to heart as it forges ahead with the contest to pick a new flag to represent the state. Participants can also ...

7, where she hung a poster opposing the new flag design along with flags and apparel in support of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. The state seal includes intricate drawings of a ...

Illinois Votes on a New State Flag Design — and Chooses the Current One SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or ...

Voting has begun, and folks can choose from one of the new designs, the centennial flag (adopted in 1918), the sesquicentennial flag from 1968, or the current boring design this entire exercise ...

The most recent change occurred in Minnesota, where some criticized the new design, believing that it looked too much like the national flag of Somalia. The controversy enveloped Gov. Tim Walz ...