The Illinois Flag Commission has a big task ahead after receiving nearly 5,000 proposed designs for a new state flag.

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

Nearly 5,000 new Illinois State Flag ... The original flag, designed by Rockford native Lucy Derwent in 1915, featured the state seal in front of a white background. It has remained the same ...

Mattus’ arrest in Pekin, Illinois was one of five incidents within the past year flagged by the feds. “If you see something, say something,” said Jake Braun, a former White House ...

Emblazoned on the flag is a large white star, flanked on each side by 10 smaller blue stars. The 21 stars signify Illinois’s entry into the Union as the 21st state, with Illinois itself ...

They will be placed at sites important to the history of the Black Panther Party of Illinois with links to ... surrounded by black-and-white photographs of important people and events in the ...

New data released today show Illinois students continue ... However, graduation rates for Black and Latino students are still low compared with white and Asian American students.

This historic moment was a major milestone in the civil rights movement and highlighted the challenges and resistance Black .