CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 14 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced today that a suburban Cook County man was sentenced to prison for his role in the drug-induced homicide of a Carol Stream man who died after overdosing on fentanyl and heroin. The Attorney General's office prosecuted Stanley Carter, 31, of Streamwood, Illinois, who was sentenced to five years in prison by DuPage County Circuit Court Judg  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: * * * More than 1 million veterans have benefitted from the PACT Act * * * Two years ago, the PACT Act was signed into law marking the largest expansion of benefits and services for veterans in more than 30 years. Since its passage, there have been over 1.1 million approved PACT Act claims - including more than 3,200 claims approved in Illinois' 17th Congressional District - delivering:  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: * * * More than 1 million veterans have benefitted from the PACT Act * * * Two years ago, the PACT Act was signed into law marking the largest expansion of benefits and services for veterans in more than 30 years. Since its passage, there have been over 1.1 million approved PACT Act claims - including more than 4,000 claims approved in Illinois' 13th Congressional District - delivering:  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Aug. 13 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern University professors in the fields of political science, communication and history are available to provide analysis and commentary leading up to and during the Democratic National Convention, beginning Monday, Aug. 19 in Chicago. Experts: Tabitha Bonilla is an associate professor of political science and a faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 14 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis is advising global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) on the $3.8 billion acquisition of global medtech company Baxter International Inc.'s (NYSE:BAX) kidney care segment, which will be named Vantive. The transaction was announced on August 13, 2024. Under the terms of the definitive agreement, subject to certain closing adjustments, Baxter will receive approximately $3.5 billion  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 14 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis is advising Interogo Holding, a foundation-owned investment group, on its acquisition of a 12.25% minority investment in Q-Park N.V., a European parking infrastructure owner and operator, from the company's existing shareholders, including investment firm KKR, which will remain the majority shareholder. The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Toby Parkinson and Serra Tar and  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 14 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Victory Park Capital, a global private credit manager, on its sale to Janus Henderson Group, a leading global active asset manager. Victory Park Capital has a nearly two decade-long track record of providing customized private credit solutions to both established and emerging businesses. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024 and is subject to c  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 14 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: International law firm McDermott Will & Emery welcomes Alexander Klein as a partner in its Frankfurt office, further strengthening its finance practice in Germany. "Along with Matthias Weissinger and Ludwig Zesch in Munich, Alexander will bolster our acquisition finance and leveraged finance practice," said Harris Siskind, global head of McDermott's Transactions Practice Group. "Alexander spe  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Aug. 14 -- Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism issued the following news: * * * Lam Thuy Vo's series highlighted misinformation directed to Vietnamese immigrants * * * Medill and the Asian American Journalists Association have selected journalist Lam Thuy Vo to receive the inaugural AAJA-Medill Innovator Award. Vo is a journalist who marries data analysis with reporting to examine how systems and policies affect individuals. She is currently an investig  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * UChicago-led analysis measures universe expansion rate, finds there may not be a 'Hubble tension' * * * By Louise Lerner We know many things about our universe, but astronomers are still debating exactly how fast it is expanding. In fact, over the past two decades, two major ways to measure this number--known as the "Hubble constant" --have come up with different answers, leading some to wonder  more