Illinois voters prefer to keep the current state flag, earning 165,602 votes. That's disappointing, but not altogether surprising.  As I've written before, the finalists for the new flag were also ...

International Women's Day — the Bears hosted the first ever collegiate women's flag football game in the state of Illinois, featuring Benedictine University and Rockford University.

Flag football is only growing in popularity leading up to the 2028 Olympics, and that was on display last weekend at the home of the Chicago Bears.

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Photos from the first women’s college flag football game in Illinois between Benedictine and Rockford on March 8, 2025, at the Walter Payton Center in Lake Forest.

Illinois residents voted to keep the current state flag, with it receiving more votes than the next five alternatives ...

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The Illinois General Assembly will review the poll results and a report from a flag commission before making a final vote on ...

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The 11-player Benedictine University flag football team sat in a stretching circle just outside the walled turf field at ...

The Illinois state flag may be around a lot longer, it turns out.

After 385,000 votes, Illinois residents overwhelmingly chose to retain the current state flag, despite new design options.