Nearly 5,000 designs were submitted for a new Illinois state flag. What do you think should be on the new flag design?

Illinois residents making their way around on Wednesday may have noticed flags outside businesses and official building flying at half staff, and it's to honor a fallen Illinois State Trooper.

Emoji, the little icons and characters that you send and receive every day, fall under the jurisdiction of the Unicode Consortium. The Consortium is the organization responsible for maintaining ...

Last year, Senate Bill 1818 -- appropriately named after the year Illinois became a state -- created a commission to evaluate the state’s current flag, and decide whether or not it is time to ...

Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced the Illinois Flag Commission received more than 4,844 entries for a new state ...

Neil Steinberg/Sun-Times Share Illinois could get a new state flag — and you could design it. Starting Tuesday, the public can begin submitting proposals — up to three per person — to the ...

The Illinois Flag Commission has a big task ahead after receiving nearly 5,000 proposed designs for a new state flag. By the end of the year, the commission led by Democratic Secretary of State ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- The state of Illinois might be getting a new flag. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said public submissions for a new design are currently being accepted.

The Isle of Sark will shortly get its own flag emoji. Unicode Consortium made the announcement in July but the flag will appear as and when platforms like Google, Facebook, X, Android and ioS ...

The Illinois Flag Commission has almost 5,000 redesign options to choose between for Illinois’ new state flag. Now that the ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is reminding the public that there’s still time to submit an Illinois state flag design before the Oct. 18 deadline. Once the submission period ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois has received nearly 5,000 submitted designs for a new state flag after announcing a contest earlier this year. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias ...