CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL AND ATTORNEYS GENERAL RELEASE JOINT STATEMENT ON LAWSUIT TO PROTECT AMERICANS FROM ELON MUSK'S DOGE Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a coalition of 10 attorneys general in releasing the following statement ahead of a court hearing in their case against the Trump administration for illegally granting Elon Musk and members of the Department of Go  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL OBTAINS GUILTY PLEA, PRISON SENTENCE AGAINST METRO-EAST MAN FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that a Metro-East man was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to the possession of child sexual abuse material. The case is part of Raoul's ongoing work, in collaboration with federal la  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL STANDS WITH TRANSGENDER MILITARY MEMBERS IN CHALLENGE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DISCRIMINATORY EXECUTIVE ORDER Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with a coalition of 20 state attorneys general, is today standing with transgender military members targeted by the Trump administration's executive order banning transgender Americans from serving in the military. Ra  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEYS GENERAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE VICE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS ON JUDICIAL REVIEW "If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal. Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power." \- Vice President J  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Feb. 15 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Governor Pritzker Awards $2.3 Million in Innovation Voucher Grants, Announces Round II Funding supports research and development projects with universities CHICAGO - Today, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced 35 awards totaling $2.3 million through the Innovation Voucher Program to promote small business g  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Feb. 13 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * A cosmic love story * Link to: Northwestern Now Story * In stellar clusters, binary black holes can collide with massive stars * According to new simulations, these collisions influence the spins of black holes * As the black holes move closer together, their spins align with the binary orbit * Researcher: 'This discovery challenges the common belief that black hole binaries formed in   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 [Category: BizReal Estate] -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, posted the following news release: * * * Sale and financing arranged for luxury Minneapolis high-rise Rafter Apartments MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 14, 2025 - JLL Capital Markets announced today the successful sale and financing for Rafter Apartments, a luxury multi-housing community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Mortenson, The   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 14 [Category: BizReal Estate] -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, posted the following news release: * * * Student housing property near University of Kentucky sold DALLAS, Feb. 14, 2025 - JLL Capital Markets announced today the sale of The Stretch, a 170-unit, 533-bed student housing community in Lexington, Kentucky, serving the University of Kentucky. JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Campus Advantage and Tramvi  more