CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 13 -- The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education issued the following news: ACGME leaders made a two-day visit to Jakarta, Indonesia in late July as part of a collaboration with the country's Ministry of Health, providing an update on the status of collective efforts, and sharing the ACGME's broad experience with Indonesia's graduate medical education (GME) community. The visit provided an opportunity to share and learn from each other and solidified the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, issued the following news release: Today, America First Legal (AFL) launched investigations into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), concerning the growing violent illegal alien gang activity spreading in Aurora, Colorado, Chicago, Illinois, and western Wiscons  more

LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, Sept. 12 -- The American Nuclear Society issued the following news: The American Nuclear Society and the Nuclear Energy Institute have announced a new partnership regarding two of their flagship industry conferences. ANS's annual Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo and NEI's Nuclear Energy Assembly will merge during the week of September 8, 2025, in Atlanta, Ga. The news was shared during the kickoff of the 2024 NEA meeting, happening this week in Ph  more

SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, Sept. 11 -- The Emergency Nurses Association issued the following news release: * * * ENA members also elect Secretary/Treasurer, 8 other committee members * * * SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (Sept. 9, 2024) - Dustin Bass, DNP, MHA, RN, CEN, NEA-BC, of North Carolina has been elected the Emergency Nurses Association's 2025 president-elect. * * * Bass, a member of the ENA Board of Directors since 2021, currently serves as its secretary/treasurer. After his year as president-elect B  more

BANNOCKBURN, Illinois, Sept. 13 -- Great Lakes Credit Union issued the following news: Great Lakes Credit Union, a not-for-profit financial cooperative headquartered in Northern Illinois, continued its community outreach efforts by hosting an end of summer celebration event at its Crystal Lake branch on Saturday, September 7. Credit union members and local community members alike joined together to enjoy an afternoon of music, food, and family friendly activities. Attendees were encouraged to   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: CHICAGO, IL Cook County Circuit Court Judge Thaddeus L. Wilson ruled Monday that the Trump International Hotel & Tower violated and is in violation of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act and committed a continuing public nuisance through a series of failures to comply with state and federal law dating back to 2008. The judge ruled that the evidence was uncontested that Trump Tower, operati  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund posted the following news release: DENVER - California, New York and Illinois are the top three states for total electric school buses, according to a new analysis released Thursday by U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Environment America Research & Policy Center. The three states also lead the nation in combined federal and state investments into electric bus fleets. With nearly a half million school buses shutt  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 12 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association issued the following news release: At next month's International BoatBuilders' Exhibition & Conference (IBEX), running Oct. 1-3 at the Tampa Convention Center, NMMA and ICOMIA will host a special session focused on sustainability, titled "Pathways to Propulsion Decarbonization for the Recreational Marine Industry". The session, located at the new IBEX Main Stage, will highlight some of the technica  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Defending Rights and Dissent issued the following news on Sept. 11, 2024: On December 4, 1969 the Chicago police burst into the headquarters of the Illinois Black Panther Party. They fired over 100 times, killing the party's charismatic Chairman Fred Hampton and fellow member Mark Curtis. Hampton was shot in bed and a subsequent autopsy showed that he had likely been drugged. The decision to fire first and the drugging of Hamtpon created a powerful inference that the rai  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 12 -- The International Code Council issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: * * * The International Code Council project is one of twenty projects across fifteen states selected to improve the performance of clean hydrogen infrastructure * * * The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $62 million in funding to support America's growing hydrogen industry. DOE selected the Code Council's project, Enabling Permitting and Safety for Hydrogen De  more