SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois House passed a bill Tuesday that would ban public schools from using mascots that discriminate against people with disabilities. The bill, if signed into law, ...

FREEBURG, Ill. – An Illinois House Bill, which seeks to prohibit disability mascots, has moved its way to the Senate, following a 71-38 vote. For its third reading, the Illinois General Assembly met ...

Anyone can be a Tiger, or a Bulldog, or an Eagle. It takes a special someone to be a proud Cog. Or a mighty Pretzel. When I was in high school, about this time of year, whenever my school was in the ...

DICKINSON — Dickinson High School is one step closer to selecting its new identity. On Monday, April 14, Dickinson Public Schools named the two finalists to replace the "Midgets" mascot — a name that ...

Athletes at a southern Illinois high school will keep the nickname Freeburg Midgets, despite the objections of a group representing people with dwarfism who find the name offensive.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Following a wave of schools and professional sports teams over the last 20 years scaling back usage of Native American-themed names, imagery, mascots and logos, the Democrat-led ...

MCLAUGHLIN | A South Dakota school district on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation is changing its mascot following a request from a national group representing ...

FREEBURG, Illinois — Two Illinois communities are fighting over different bills, but their conflicts are rooted in the same cause: the dignity of identity and representation. Recent legislation passed ...

Two bills in the Illinois General Assembly that would require districts to change their mascots, logos and names have stalled in the Senate — but still have paths forward. The first bill, HB1237, ...