University of Maine History professor Alan Bird stopped by the studio to talk about the Revolutionary War and a unique ...

The Illinois Flag Commission will begin accepting public submissions for a new state flag design Tuesday.

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) ...

Some forward-looking lawmakers set up a contest to design a new flag and put it to a vote. In a landslide, a winner was chosen. And it's the current flag. The SOB wins in a landslide Of nearly ...

Votes are being tallied in the Illinois flag contest, but the current flag has its fans and lawmakers could decide to keep it.

A new flag for Illinois is now open for voting. Which design should win? Public reaction to the 10 finalists has been mixed, to say the least, so we turned to local design experts. They had some ...

State officials announced Thursday morning that the current flag won the contest with 165,602 votes, or 43 percent. However, Champaign-based firm Clanin Creative is proud of its design's second ...

Public voting opens soon for Illinois to pick new state flag design, keep it the same or return to past flag. Vote now in our flag poll.

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.

Mainers voted Nov. 4, 2024, to keep the official state flag (top) rather than replace it with a design (bottom) that harkens to the state's original flag. (Wikimedia, Maine secretary of state) ...

Opinion: Maine does need a new flag design. Not this one. We can choose a better symbol for our state of which we can all be proud: The Bicentennial Flag is a winner in every sense.