The long-winded Prohibition of Discriminatory Disability Mascots Act passed the Illinois House of Representatives earlier this month.

The Illinois House passed a bill ... currently would affect just one high school in St. Clair County. Freeburg Community High School's mascot, the "Midgets," is considered a slur used against ...

Freeburg Community High School’s mascot, the “Midgets,” is considered a slur used against people with dwarfism.

A teacher at East Leyden High School in the west Chicago suburb of Franklin Park was just named Illinois Teacher of ... the school's eagle mascot, Vega; and the news media. A mariachi band came ...

(WGN) — The Illinois House ... In July 2021, Lemont High School District 210’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to retire Lemont High School’s longtime mascot name of the Indians.

The Illinois House of Representatives last week passed a bill that would ban schools from using Native American names, mascots or logos. Officials from South Beloit School District and Hononegah ...

The bill, if signed into law, currently would affect just one high ... that school. Every time a Freeburg sports team travels, its mascot's name is displayed in the schools across Illinois.” ...

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share Earlier this month, the Illinois House passed ... I attended all-boys Weber High School on the Northwest Side. Our mascot, nicknamed the “Red Horde,” featured ...

Illinois lawmakers passed two bills banning discriminatory disability mascots and Native American team names in schools, sparking community debate.

It's Final Four week in High School on SI's 2025 NCAA Tournament-style bracket to determine the best high school mascot in America ... away from the Freeport (Illinois) Pretzels, the Monroe ...