ARGONNE, Illinois, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Nearly eight percent of genetic males and half a percent of genetic females have some form of Color Vision Deficiency (CVD) Argonne researchers worked with the CVD community to improve colormaps to be more inclusive and accessible. * * * Imagine having to do your job, but not being able to visually process the data right in front of you. Nearly eight pe  more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Army Sustainment Command issued the following news: Story by Jon Connor, U.S. Army Sustainment Command AIM - Acquisition Integration and Management Center - is a huge entity under the U.S. Army Sustainment Command, fulfilling critical, logistical global Army missions every day in operations, exercises and natural disasters. This supports, in part, ASC's mission to provide globally responsive strategic logistics capabilities and materiel readiness, wh  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 14, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Area - July 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.6 percent over the past month, up 3.7 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent in J  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 14, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Area - July 2024": * * * Area prices were up 1.3 percent over the past two months, up 3.5 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), adva  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: By Keisha Reynolds, MyCG Writer Last week, Cmdr. Gretal Kinney received the Federally Employed Women (FEW) Military Meritorious Service Award at their National Training Program held in Chicago, Illinois on Aug. 6th. FEW is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting equality for women while addressing the concerns of women in the Federal workforce. This year's conference theme  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2024: The owner of a suburban Chicago construction company has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for conspiring to bribe an employee of the Cook County Assessor's Office in return for favorable property assessments. ALEX NITCHOFF, 57, of Lemont, Ill., pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count of conspiring to corruptly give something  more

SCOTT AFB, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: Air Mobility Command teamed up with the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center (USAFWC), Air Combat Command and Air Force Global Strike Command to execute Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3, July 30 to Aug. 11, 2024, across the western United States and Pacific Ocean. Mobility Airmen used the eight-day exercise to practice mobility operations in a combat representative environment and emphasize mobility's crucia  more