You may know that the northern cardinal is the state bird of Illinois, and the common blue violet is the state flower, but do you know what the state bean is? A recent House bill passed by the ...

The central icon is made up of corn kernels and a 21-pronged gear that forms a violet, Illinois' state flower, to represent the agricultural and industrial foundations of the state, along with its ...

and the Chicago River/ Illinois River system. The corn kernels and 21-pronged gear that form our state flower, the violet, represent the agricultural and industrial foundations of our state and ...