Lifelong city resident Matt Haigh’s independent research project at school focused on changing the design of the state flag ...

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 voted ...

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 ...

Under the proposal, specific flags supporting a group or holiday would not be allowed. Events like Juneteenth or Pride or a thin blue line flag. “Or something ridiculous like a Nazi flag ...