One of those bills includes to ban the use of Native American mascots and imagery while the other wants to ban the use of ...

It really is not a sense of honor there. It is not a sense of history,” said the director of the Native American Chamber of ...

Illinois House Bill 1237, which proposed banning school mascots and imagery referencing Native American tribes, failed to ...

Even if the bills are not passed before adjournment of the Illinois General Assembly on May 31, state lawmakers will have ...

The legislation has passed through the Illinois House and, if turned into law, would ban Native mascots in K-12 schools.

Our hard-hitting look at area high school nicknames marches on. Well … not exactly hard hitting. We’re just trying to have a ...

A few controversial bills that had been proposed in Springfield are going nowhere for now, but a local lawmaker says she is ...

That’s why measures such as the Mascot ban and history requirement are so important, the tribal leaders said. “There’s so many people in Illinois that have been born here that know nothing ...

SPRINGFIELD — Two bills in the Illinois General Assembly that would ... “We remain hopeful that the decision regarding our school mascot will continue to be made at the local level.” ...