CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 13 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced his legislation to increase accessibility to the Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Program was signed into law. Senate Bill (SB) 3713 is the result of the cooperative efforts of the Attorney General's office, Ascend Justice, and the Alliance for Safety and Justice, a longtime collaborator with the Attorney General's office. "Sur  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 13 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: * * * New Law Prohibits Use of AI to Create Child Sexual Abuse Images with Real Children * * * Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law his legislation to clarify that Illinois' child pornography laws apply to images and videos created by artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The measure builds on the work being done by Attorney Gener  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 13 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced his legislation to fill existing voids in labor enforcement that leave workers unprotected from often-devastating employer retaliation when they seek to enforce their rights or blow the whistle on unlawful employer practices was signed into law. "With the signing of this important workers' rights law, Illinois workers will no longe  more

SCOTT AFB, Illinois, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: Members from the 12th Air Task Force A-Staff, headquartered here, attended a workshop recently that focused on the development of Combat Support Training Ranges at Tyndall AFB, Florida, and Fort Bliss, Texas. The workshop was sponsored by the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, and the 12th ATF was joined by the 12th Combat Air Base Squadron's leadership team along with personnel f  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 13 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news on Aug. 12, 2024: The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago) today opened its application for the 2024 Community First(R) Diverse Developer Initiative (Diverse Developer Initiative). Now in its third year, the initiative provides nonprofit and for-profit organizations grants to help Illinois and Wisconsin emerging developers gain acces  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 13 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: * * * Guiding Economic Development Goals, Comprehensive Business Development Strategy to Support Illinois Communities * * * CHICAGO - Today, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) released Illinois' 2024 Economic Growth Plan, a five-year plan to guide Illinois' economic development priorities and programming. Building upon I  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Last week, the U.S. Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) announced that two U.S. ports in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System received the Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award for increases in international cargo tonnage shipped through their ports during the 2023 navigation season. "Great Lakes ports play a key role in moving goods through our nation's supply chains and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Dromin Development of Palos Park faces $268K in penalties for chronic violations * * * PALOS PARK, IL - A federal workplace safety investigation has found that a metro-Chicago carpentry contractor with a long history of exposing employees to potentially deadly hazards again ignored regulations to protect workers from falls. For the seventh time since 201  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 13 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that legislation amending the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA) to clarify and strengthen its protections was signed into law. "The Illinois Human Rights Act is an important tool for combating discrimination," Raoul said. "I want to thank Gov. JB Pritzker for signing this legislation, which will help my office enhance our efforts protecting the people of   more

UPTON, New York, Aug. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Department of Energy Office of Science recognizes Brookhaven physicist for her leadership in neutrino studies and for mentoring young scientists * * * Physicist Mary Bishai of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has been named a 2024 DOE Office of Science Distinguished Scientist Fellow. The honor recognizes her "enduring  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Illinois Field Office issued the following news release: Corn: Planted area is estimated at 10.8 million acres, down 4 percent from last year. Harvested area, forecast at 10.65 million acres, is down 4 percent from 2023. Based on August 1 conditions, the Illinois corn yield is forecast at 225 bushels per acre, up 19 bushels from 2023. Production is forecast at 2.40 billion   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2024: The Crop Production report issued today by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) forecasted corn production down from 2023 and soybean production up from last year. Corn production is down 1% from last year, forecast at 15.1 billion bushels; soybean growers are expected to increase their production 10% from 2023, forec  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Announces $150 Million from ARPA-H to Deliver Progress on Biden Cancer Moonshot Goals and Improve Health Outcomes More than two years ago, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden reignited the Cancer Moonshot with the goals of reducing the cancer death rate in the United States by at least half--preventing more than 4 million cancer deaths--by 2047, and improving the exper  more