the Democrat-led Illinois House has advanced legislation that aims to place a statewide ban on such usage from elementary through high schools. The legislation has the potential to affect scores ...

A bill that would ban Native American mascots in the state of Illinois has cleared the Illinois House, according to Capitol News Illinois. Central Illinois schools, including the Brimfield Indians ...

Republican state Rep. Bill Hauter, right, from Morton voted against it. The Illinois House has passed two bills that would ban offensive portrayals of Native Americans and disabilities such as ...

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois K-12 schools may soon be required to pick new mascots to replace those that reference Native American names and imagery. That would include logos, team names and mascots which ...

(The Center Square) – Homeschool parents worried about the state of Illinois imposing regulations on the practice have a reprieve after the measure failed to advance. House Bill 2827 ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois Democrats pushed a mountain of bills through the General Assembly this week, including one that dealt with plastic foodware. The measure provides that a third-party food ...

NAUVOO, Ill. — Living Water, a local worship band, invites area residents to join in singing favorite hymns of Holy Week and Easter beginning at 2 p.m. on Palm Sunday, April 13, at the historic Nauvoo ...

Democrat Illinois State Representative Maurice West of Rockford has ... HB1237 has passed out of the House on a party-line vote and now heads to the Senate for consideration. State Representative Amy ...

MASCOUTAH, Ill. — HB1237, which seeks to block local school districts from using Native American names and mascots, passed through the Illinois House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon.