This image provided by the Illinois Secretary of State’s Office in March 2025 shows the third-place voted state flag design. (Illinois Secretary of State via AP) This image provided by the ...

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 SPRINGFIELD, Ill.

The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.” The white banner emblazoned with the state's eagle-themed emblem was adopted in 1915, so forward-looking ...

This image provided by the Illinois Secretary of State's Office in March 2025 shows the second-place voted state flag design. Credit: AP Last fall, residents were invited to submit their vision ...

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 ...

The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.” SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Flags engender such loyalty and pride, they often become very personal ...

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) ...

“Seal on a Bedsheet,” the derisive moniker with which some have burdened the Illinois state flag, a gleaming white banner emblazoned with the state’s bald eagle-themed emblem. Some forward ...