Explain the meaning behind your flag: The 21 red + white stripes represent Illinois as the 21st state of this union. The blue field with the six-pointed white star represents Chicago. The negative ...

Seven mostly Republican counties here voted last November to consider splitting off from their state, bringing to 33 the number that have voted to investigate leaving Illinois — almost a third of the ...

More than half of those who voted in the Illinois flag redesign process wanted a new flag for the state, though their votes ...

Illinois and Indiana, as a whole, are vastly different politically and culturally: a blue state and red state side by side in the center of the nation, separated by a 159-mile border, with ...

if you placed Christmas lights on your vehicle in Illinois that interfere with the visibility of lighting as required by state law or emit non-compliant colors (like green, red or blue), you could ...