Sen. Doris Turner, a Springfield Democrat who sponsored the 2023 bill leading to the design contest, said in a January interview that the flag competition process did not cost the state any money ...

Members of the State Emblems Redesign Commission selected this design for a new state flag on Tuesday, Dec .19, 2023. It’s inspired by a submission from a Minnesota resident. (SERC) ...

Minnesota's State Emblems Redesign Commission voted 11-1 to approve a new flag design, which, pending legislative approval, will begin flying in May 2024.

Illinois' current state flag, nicknamed an SOB, wins in a landslide in a contest to design a new flag, with nearly 43% of votes cast. 74° Make wishtv.com your home page ...

Coco Chanel made a name for designing many things, though flags of any sort weren’t among them. Still, flag design expert Ted Kaye cites her famous dictum in his parameters for a good flag ...

10 finalists, plus the current and 2 former flags. Last fall, residents were invited to submit their vision for a new standard. More than 4,800 did — most of them serious.

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 ...

Editor’s Note: The video in this story is from a previous report. After thousands of submissions, 10 finalists and nearly 385,000 votes, the state of Illinois may not have a new flag after all.

Illinois’ current flag incorporates the state’s official seal, which was adopted in 1869. The flag itself was adopted in 1915, with a small addition of the state’s name added in 1970 ...

The current state flag gained more than 160,000 votes. However, the majority of voters casted their ballots for a new design. The results are in for the contest to redesign the Illinois state flag ...

If the flag indeed is changed, it would be the first modification to the design since it was first adopted in 1915, and since 1969 when the word “Illinois” was added underneath. Advertisement ...

CLE Flag Project launched a public contest in April 2024, inviting Cleveland creatives to submit new flag designs. Submissions were open until July 24, with public voting continuing through Nov. 5.