The commission whittled it down to 10 finalists, then added the current 1915 flag, and banners created for the state’s 1918 Centennial and 1968 Sesquicentennial.

Shutdown averted: The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing in a 54-46, nearly party-line vote a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure that funds the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — 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 ...

And it’s the current flag. The SOB wins in a landslide Of nearly 385,000 votes cast, the existing bunting received 43% — more tallies than the next six finalists combined. “Some may call it ...