CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- City Colleges of Chicago issued the following news: At City Colleges of Chicago, our goal is to create opportunities that allow students to be successful, and to build communities where they feel supported in reaching their goals. Our annual update from Chancellor Juan Salgado--Creating Opportunity, Building Community: 2024 in Review--highlights the various ways our seven colleges created opportunities for students over the past year. "In education and be  more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- Augustana College issued the following news: Augustana College's annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy will take place Jan. 20-24. The theme of the event is "Continuing the Legacy: Service, Justice and Action." Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Dr. Gauri A. Pitale said the Augustana community will mark the celebration with a variety of events in honor of King's inspirational leadership. Events include a panel discus  more

MATTOON, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Consolidated Communications, a broadband and business communications provider, issued the following news release: * * * Fidium to connect more than 650 homes and businesses to its multi-gig speed, future-proof network * * * FRANCESTOWN, N.H. - Jan. 9, 2025 - Fidium is expanding its all-fiber internet network in Francestown, N.H, bringing multi-gig speed service to more than 650 homes and businesses in the community. Fiber infrastructure construction is scheduled  more

MATTOON, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Consolidated Communications, a broadband and business communications provider, issued the following news release: * * * Construction to begin soon in Pittsfield as Fidium will connect more than 3,000 area homes and businesses to its multi-gig speed, future-proof network * * * PITTSFIELD, N.H. - Jan. 9, 2025 - Fidium is expanding its all-fiber internet network in Pittsfield, N.H, bringing multi-gig speed service to more than 3,000 area homes and businesses. Fiber  more

MATTOON, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Consolidated Communications, a broadband and business communications provider, issued the following news release: * * * Construction starting soon in Winter Harbor and Gouldsboro, as Fidium will connect more than 2,100 homes and businesses to its multi-gig speed, future-proof network * * * WINTER HARBOR, Maine - Jan. 9, 2025 - Fidium is expanding its all-fiber internet network in Winter Harbor and Gouldsboro, Maine, bringing multi-gig speed service to more than   more

MATTOON, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Consolidated Communications, a broadband and business communications provider, issued the following news release: * * * Construction set to begin in Chatham, as Fidium will connect community to its multi-gig speed, future-proof network * * * CHATHAM, N.H. - Jan. 9, 2025 - Fidium is expanding its all-fiber internet network in Chatham, N.H, bringing multi-gig speed service to the community. Fiber infrastructure construction is scheduled to begin as soon as January  more

MATTOON, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Consolidated Communications, a broadband and business communications provider, issued the following news release: * * * Fidium to begin fiber construction in Lincoln County communities, connecting more than 8,300 homes and businesses to its multi-gig speed, future-proof network * * * WISCASSET, Maine - Jan. 9, 2025 - Fidium is expanding its all-fiber internet network in Lincoln County, Maine, bringing multi-gig speed service to more than 8,300 homes and business  more

MATTOON, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Consolidated Communications, a broadband and business communications provider, issued the following news release: * * * Construction set to begin in Sullivan County communities, as Fidium will connect more than 8,400 homes and businesses to its multi-gig speed, future-proof network * * * CROYDON, N.H. - Jan. 9, 2025 - Fidium is expanding its all-fiber internet network in Sullivan County, N.H, bringing multi-gig speed service to more than 8,400 homes and business  more

BOURBONNAIS, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Olivet Nazarene University issued the following news: Collaboration is an essential part of learning. For many disciplines, collaborative spaces are familiar: labs for the sciences, design studios for engineering, practice rooms for music. But what does this look like in the business and professional fields, and how can a space capture the innovative energy of the students in Olivet Nazarene University's new entrepreneurship program? This is the goal of the Cra  more

LOVELAND, Colorado, Jan. 10 -- HVS Brokerage and Advisory issued the following news release: HOUSTON, TX, January 9, 2025: HVS Brokerage & Advisory announces the sale of the Johnson Square Business Center, located at 2 & 14 East Bryan Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401. The historic property was purchased by The Montford Group, based in Charleston, South Carolina, and Opterra Capital, based in Boca Raton, Florida, from Expansive, based in Chicago, Illinois. New ownership plans to convert the asse  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- The Illinois Department of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Four conditions were approved following advisory board review; first new conditions added to state list since 2019 * * * The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has approved four conditions to be added to the list of medical issues that may be treated with medical cannabis. The four newly approved conditions are endometriosis, ovarian cysts, uterine fibroids, and female orgasmi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2025: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, leading a coalition of 13 attorneys general, issued a letter to Walmart voicing concerns about the company's recent announcement of its plans to step away from its commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion. In a letter (https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/2025.01.09%20Letter%20from%20AGs%20to%20Doug%20McMillion.pdf?language_id=1) sent to Wal  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2025: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced the arraignment of an Addison, Illinois man his office is charging for allegedly trafficking thousands of grams of cannabis into Illinois from out of state, storing thousands of grams of cannabis, fentanyl and two illegally possessed guns in a DuPage County storage facility. Raoul's office arraigned Henry R. Brown, 54, on charges o  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following compliance examination on Jan. 9, 2024, involving Coroner Training Board. Here are excerpts: * * * FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS INADEQUATE CONTROLS OVER RECONCILIATIONS The Coroner Training Board (Board) did not maintain adequate controls over its reconciliations. During our testing of monthly reconciliations of Board expenditure records to the Office of Comptroller's (Comptroller) Monthly App  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following financial audit on Jan. 9, 2025, involving Illinois Finance Authority. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This digest covers the Illinois State Finance Authority's (Authority) Financial Audit as of and for the year ended June 30, 2024. * * * FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT INVOLVING UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS The Illinois Finance Authority (Authority) experienced, on or about  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following attestation examination on Jan. 9, 2025, involving Office of the Treasurer, Fiscal Officer Responsibilities. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This digest covers the Attestation Examination of the Office of the Treasurer, Fiscal Officer Responsibilities ("State Treasurer") Schedules of Securities Lending Entries, Allocation of Securities Lending Collateral Based on Distribution of Interest Income Earned D  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following financial audit on Jan. 9, 2025, involving State Universities Retirement System. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This digest covers the financial statement audit of the State Universities Retirement System (System) as of and for the year ended June 30, 2024. The System's total pension liability was $54.571 billion at June 30, 2024. The net pension liability at June 30, 2024, was $30,231 billion, which   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following financial audit on Jan. 9, 2025, involving Teachers' Retirement System. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This digest covers the Financial Audit of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois (System) as of and for the year ended June 30, 2024. The System's total pension liability is $157.3 billion at June 30, 2024, an increase of $5.8 billion from $151.5 billion at June 30, 2023. The System  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2025: * * * Direct File provides free tax filing option for eligible Illinois residents * * * Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) today announced that Illinois will participate in the IRS Direct File service, which begins on January 27, 2025. Nearly two million eligible Illinois taxpayers will now be able to use Direct File to electronically prepare and fil  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2025: * * * Advisory Council recommendations focus on Medicaid payment models for novel Sickle Cell Disease treatments and other high-cost drugs and therapies * * * As required by Executive Order 2024-01, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly its first report from the Advisory Council on Financing and A  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2025: The Illinois Supreme Court announced today the release of a newly redesigned Annual Report Administrative Summary for 2023. The Illinois Courts Annual Report for 2023 contains a summary of the day-to-day operations of the Supreme, Appellate and Circuit Court, and highlights judges, court managers, committees, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, and other justi  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release: Justice David K. Overstreet of the Supreme Court of Illinois has begun an application process for an at-large circuit judge vacancy in the Fourth Judicial Circuit. The vacancy was created by the upcoming retirement of Judge Douglas L. Jarman, effective January 29, 2025. Pursuant to the authority of section 12, subsection (c) of article VI of the Constitution of Illinois, the Supreme Court will appo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release: * * * JLL Capital Markets secures sale of 151 Charles F. Colton Road, a 198K SF Class A industrial property * * * BOSTON, Jan. 9, 2025 - JLL Capital Markets announced today the sale of 151 Charles F. Colton Road, a 198,720-square-foot, Class A distribution center in Taunton, Massachusetts. JLL worked on behalf of the seller, a fund managed by Brookfield Asset  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release: * * * Financing arranged for 800-key convention center hotel in one of the top-performing lodging markets in the country * * * DALLAS, Jan. 9, 2025 - JLL's Capital Markets group announced today it has arranged a $300 million refinancing for the Omni Nashville Hotel, an 800-key luxury hotel in downtown Nashville. JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, TRT Holdi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release: * * * JLL Capital Markets arranges financing for Class-A complex, Vive Luxe * * * SAN DIEGO, Jan. 10, 2025 - JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has secured a $188 million loan for Vive Luxe, a 442-unit multi-housing community in San Diego, California. JLL represented the borrower, Sunroad Enterprises, in arranging the five-year, fixed-rate loan from   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release: * * * JLL Capital Markets led the sale for mission-critical Chandler Medical Pavilion, located in Chandler, Arizona * * * PHOENIX, Jan. 9, 2025 - JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has completed the $30 million sale of Chandler Medical Pavilion, a fully leased outpatient medical building totaling 65,931 square feet, located in Chandler, Arizona. JLL'  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2025: * * * JLL Capital Markets facilitates the sale and financing of the 524-bed multifamily community, Campus Circle * * * JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has facilitated the sale and financing of Campus Circle, a 181-unit, 524-bed student housing community in Urbana, Illinois. JLL represented the seller, an affiliate of Blue Vista Ca  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release: * * * JLL Capital Markets led the sales efforts for Watercrest Buena Vista, Watercrest Spanish Springs and Watercrest Winter Park * * * ORLANDO, Jan. 9, 2025 - JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has closed the portfolio sale of Watercrest Buena Vista, Watercrest Spanish Springs and Watercrest Winter Park, seniors housing communities totaling 416 units  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Atlantic Aviation on its acquisition of Ferrovial Vertiports from Ferrovial, a leading global infrastructure company. The acquisition advances Atlantic Aviation's commitment to leading the industry in the creation of sustainable infrastructure to support advanced air mobility (AAM) operations by incorporating electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) infrastructure exp  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis represented Blue Owl Capital Inc., a leading alternative asset manager, on the acquisition of the business of digital infrastructure fund manager IPI Partners, LLC. The transaction was previously announced in October 2024. The completion of the acquisition of IPI's business further enhances Blue Owl's digital infrastructure strategy as part of the firm's Real Estate platform. Read  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Constellation Energy (Nasdaq: CEG) in its proposed acquisition of Calpine in a cash and stock transaction valued at an equity purchase price of approximately $16.4 billion, composed of 50 million shares of Constellation stock and $4.5 billion in cash plus the assumption of approximately $12.7 billion of Calpine net debt. After accounting for cash that is expected to be gener  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis is advising Darktrace, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, on the proposed acquisition of Cado Security, a UK-based cyber investigation and response solution provider for the hybrid and multi-cloud world. The acquisition is subject to receipt of regulatory approval and is expected to complete in February. Read Darktrace's press release. The Kirkland team includes corporate lawyer  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised EPIC Midstream Holdings, LP on the sale of EPIC Olefins, LP and EPIC Olefins, GP LLC to Howard Energy Partners. EPIC Olefins is a 120 mile long, 12-inch diameter bi-directional ethylene pipeline connecting Gulf Coast Growth Ventures' world-class ethane cracker in Gregory, Texas to ethylene storage in Markham, Texas. Read EPIC's press release. The Kirkland team included co  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Kimmeridge Texas Gas, LLC on its private offering of $500 million of 8.50% senior unsecured notes due in 2030. The offering is expected to close on January 14, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions. The Kirkland team included capital markets lawyers Julian Seiguer, Atma Kabad, Sami Ghubril, Robbie Dillard, Maya Pierce, Kaley Schnurbusch and Anu Reddy. * * * Origi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Pye-Barker Fire & Safety and existing equity holder Altas Partners on the sale of minority stakes in Pye-Barker to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority ("ADIA") and GIC, a global institutional investor. Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (LGP) is also an existing equity holder, and as part of the transaction, LGP invested significant new capital into   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Thoma Bravo and its portfolio company Bluesight, the leading provider of inventory management, procurement and compliance solutions for health systems and hospital pharmacies, on the acquisition of Protenus, provider of the leading healthcare compliance analytics platform. This strategic acquisition will further strengthen Bluesight's drug diversion platform and add critica  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised investment firm Dunes Point Capital, LP on the acquisition of a majority interest in Eastern Communications, Ltd., a leading national distributor and technical service provider of mission-critical communication devices and network infrastructure primarily for public safety applications including police, fire and 911 call centers. Read Dunes Point's press release. The Kirkl  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis is advising Modivcare Inc. (Nasdaq: MODV), a technology-enabled healthcare services company providing a platform of integrated supportive care solutions, on key initiatives to support future growth. This includes $75 million in incremental financing, backed by stakeholders across the capital structure, as well as an uptier of unsecured notes to new second lien senior secured PIK tog  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: Frankfurt, January 9, 2025 - McDermott Will & Emery has advised Cegid, a leading European provider of cloud business management solutions, on the acquisition of the German software provider sevdesk. The merger with sevdesk will enable Cegid to further expand its solution offering in German-speaking European markets. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Offenburg, sevdesk offers software solu  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: Frankfurt, January 9, 2025 - McDermott Will & Emery has advised Main Capital Partners and its portfolio company Bizzdesign on the acquisition of the software business Alfabet from Software GmbH (formerly Software AG). Alfabet is a market leader in the fields of Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM). The transaction involved a complex carve-out of the Alfabet bus  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 -- Hyatt Hotels Corp., a hospitality company, issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2025: * * * Hyatt guests and members now have more to enjoy on the Las Vegas Strip, with two award-winning hotels and an exclusive, limited-time World of Hyatt FIND experience to celebrate the new relationship * * * Starting today, World of Hyatt members can earn and redeem points at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on qualifying stays when booked through Hyatt, earn credit towa  more

LOMBARD, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- National University of Health Sciences issued the following news on Jan. 9, 2025: Congratulations to faculty member Polina Robinson, ND, MS, CNS, LDN, CLC, for receiving the prestigious Henry Lindlahr Award for 2024. Dr. Robinson received the award while virtually attending the Illinois Association of Naturopathic Physicians (ILANP) general meeting on December 10, 2024. "I feel truly honored and humbled to receive the Henry Lindlahr award," Dr. Robinson said. "I a  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- Kearney, a management consulting firm, issued the following news release: * * * * Study analyzes the rising power of the Global South, the increasing use of tariffs in international trade policy, and the growing influence of super-empowered individuals, among other issues. * In this fast-changing global environment, strategic businesses will have to adapt and innovate to stay competitive. * * * January 10, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) -- A new report releas  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Jan. 9 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Friday, Jan. 10 during TikTok's appeal to stop the enforcement of a federal law that requires the social media titan to shut down in the U.S. this month. Signed into law in April 2024, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA) identified China, which owns TikTok's parent company ByteDance, and other nations Russi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Northwestern study identifies deadly barriers in transferring patients to trauma centers, offers solutions to improve inter-hospital connections * * * An emergency can strike anyone, anywhere, but only some hospitals are equipped to handle critically injured patients. Of these patients, up to a third are first taken to the closest non-trauma-specialized hospital  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: Taft partner Derrick Thompson, Jr. will moderate the program "Inside the League: Key Legal Issues Shaping the Future of Pro Sports" on Feb. 5 at Fifth Third Arena in Chicago, presented by the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) Sports & Entertainment Law Section. Speakers will discuss the changing legal landscape of professional sports. The CLE program will cover strategies for navigating complex contract  more

DEERFIELD, Illinois, Jan. 11 -- Walgreens Boots Alliance, a pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing enterprise company, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2025: * * * Delivering Progress on Strategic Priorities; Maintaining Full Year Adjusted EPS Guidance First quarter financial results * First quarter loss per share1 was $0.31 versus loss per share of $0.08 in the year-ago quarter. Loss per share in the current quarter includes costs related to the Footprint Optimization Program and a  more