Hartke, a Democrat, represented several rural counties in southeastern Illinois in the state House from 1985 until 2003, when he was appointed ag director by Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

New multichannel initiative aims to reduce risk for cognitive decline to combat rising Alzheimer's disease and related dementia rates in Illinois.

A bill advancing in Springfield aims to stop schools from using Native American mascots and logos. That includes Annawan High School.

The House advanced a bill that would ban using Native American names and imagery in mascots, logos and team names. If passed, ...

News 8's Shelby Kluver talked with Ben Szalinski from Capitol News Illinois on the latest news out of Springfield.

The Illinois House of Representatives last week passed a bill that would ban schools from using Native American names, ...

Avon (Connecticut) is a 3 seed and Monroe (Wisconsin) is a 4 seed in High School On SI's NCAA Tournament-style contest ...

Illinois K-12 schools may soon be required to pick new mascots to replace those that reference Native American names and ...

The Democrat-led Illinois House has advanced legislation placing a statewide ban on Native American imagery and mascots by ...

A bill to ban Native American mascots in Illinois has cleared the Illinois House and if passed, Central Illinois schools, ...

The Illinois House has approved a bill that would ban portrayals of Native Americans in school logos, names and mascots, and ...

House Bill 1237, which was passed by the Illinois House, bans schools from using Native American names, mascots, or logos, ...