a gleaming white banner emblazoned with the state’s bald eagle-themed emblem. Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide ...

a gleaming white banner emblazoned with the state's bald eagle-themed emblem. Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner ...

The Illinois state flag design. AP SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal emblems with quirky or quaint nicknames: Old Glory, Union Jack, ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 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 ...

This image provided by the Illinois Secretary of State's Office in March 2025 shows the top voted state flag design, the current flag. (Illinois Secretary of State's Office via AP) This image ...