According to Miller, eliminating flagpoling will alleviate the pressure on the border by allowing border officials to focus on other things. He added that “closing the loophole” is one of the ways the ...

A Washington native and his creative firm were chosen as a top-10 finalist for the Illinois state flag design contest. Clanin Creative submitted eight designs, and one was chosen out of roughly ...

A challenge I’ve been pondering since Tuesday afternoon is the precise way to convey the sound of a sad trombone in print. On Monday, the Illinois Flag Commission met to select 10 finalists from ...

Illinois may be getting a new state flag next year, thanks to a public vote on 10 new flag design proposals that is scheduled for January. Nearly 5,000 entries were submitted to the Illinois Flag ...

Growth in bilateral trade between the Philippines and Sweden is expected to continue in the coming years, with optimism stemming from the country’s growing export performance, as well as the ...

Illinois residents will soon have a say in whether the state adopts a new flag design or keeps the current one. Starting in January, you can vote for one of the 10 finalists chosen by the Illinois ...

Inspired by the recent Illinois flag designs, the B-Team went to work designing their own WGN flag proposals. Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks ...

The top 10 designs for a new possible state flag may surprise you. One has a butterfly on it. Others nod to Chicago, the Mississippi River and other Illinois waterways, Abraham Lincoln ...