The current state flag design received 43% of the votes, making it the decisive winner in the flag redesign contest.
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Current flag wins state flag redesign vote
The Illinois state flag may be around a lot longer, it turns out. About 43% of the 385,000 votes in an advisory state flag ...
Sociedad Uruguaya de Aviación (SUA), a privately owned company, has begun the process of becoming Uruguay's new flag carrier. The endeavor is led by Antonio Rama, a Uruguayan commander who has ...
The people of Illinois have spoken, and they overwhelmingly favor retaining the current state flag. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced the results of the state flag ...
Illinoisans have spoken: Don’t go changing our flag. The public had a chance to vote for a new flag from one of 12 designs or keep the current one. And after five weeks of voting, the current ...
“Our flag is rich in history. I find the flag redesign a lost focus on matters that truly matter,” Brian Jewell said in his testimony against the bill. “Certainly, this is not a high ...
There’s controversy gusting through the Washington Legislature over a proposed redesign of the state flag. House Bill 1938, sponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, would create a ...
Before being officially adopted as the state’s new banner, voters would have to approve the redesign through a referendum. Preliminary estimates show the flag redesign effort would cost upward ...
which proposes a redesign by 2028. Compared with other state flags, it feels plain, the bill argues. Other flags have references to flora and fauna, like the grizzly bear that adorns the ...
House Bill 1938 would launch a state flag redesign committee to oversee the process of devising a new look for the iconic flag. The House State Government and Tribal Relations Committee is holding ...