CHICAGO (WLS) -- A big campaign has been waged to unseat longtime 31st Illinois House District Democrat Mary Flowers. Illinois' House speaker is leading the effort, to make sure her opponent, Michael ...

Just like we have the American flag and individual U.S. state flags, states also have their own state flowers. (The national flower is the rose!) Some states share their state flowers with others, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There's a shake-up in Illinois' 31st District: Democrat Michael Crawford defeated Mary Flowers, the state's longest-serving Black legislator. The 31st District includes the South Side ...

Back in the summer of 2014, a botanist named Rachel Goad was on a canoe trip to see a very rare flower. One of the rarest on the continent, actually. It’s called the Kankakee mallow, and it’s native ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Artist, Helen Hornberger, revived the ...

Many U.S. state flowers were chosen over 125 years ago, often for qualities like beauty, resilience, and cultural significance. Several states share the same flower, and surprisingly, 16 states have ...