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The Illinois Flag Commission has announced the Top 10 finalists for their new state flag design competition, which will be voted on by the public starting in January.
Illinois residents will soon have their say on a new state flag after officials narrowed down thousands of entries from a statewide contest to their top designs.
An overwhelming majority of voters of an online poll chose maintaining the current flag of Illinois rather than picking any of the 10 new options or one of two alternate state flag designs used in ...
For the first time in decades, Illinois could adopt a new state flag — and you could be the one to design it.
The current Illinois flag depicts the seal of Illinois, which includes an eagle standing on a shield over a white background, and has remained the same since 1970, when “Illinois” was added to the ...
The Illinois Secretary of State's office has released the finalists for a new state flag design, which the public will be able to vote on starting next month.
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 ...