Bridgette Fox
UIS Public Affairs Reporting (PAR)-
Legislative session ends with no final action on school mascot bill -
End of legislative session sees flurry of bills approved -
Measure heads back to Senate for final legislative approval -
House also approves bill in response to deadly 2021 tornado that hit Illinois warehouse -
Updates to federal law mean deadline for repatriation looms. -
Preserving history, improving imagery and correcting historic wrongs are focus of Statehouse advocacy -
University leaders push for new way of determining funding -
Bill requires some K-12 schools to pick new mascots, team names, logos -
Illinois hosts one of the largest international student populations in the nation, ranking fifth -
Republicans say legislative districts illegally gerrymandered
