CHICAGO, Illinois, March 5 -- The Alliance for the Great Lakes issued the following commentary: * * * Data Centers Are Increasing in the Great Lakes at What Cost? By Helena Volzer, Senior Source Water Policy Manager A question looms for the Great Lakes: with our water protected from diversion to far-flung locales, are we equally ready for an influx of big new water users here at home? The Great Lakes hold the world's largest supply of surface freshwater. It is a truly massive amount of wate  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Small Business Majority issued the following news release: * * * SBA Should Not Abandon its Chicago Office Statement from Small Business Majority Illinois Director Tasha Brown on why the U.S. Small Business Administration should reconsider its plan to relocate offices away from major cities "With over 100,000 licensed businesses in Chicago, the city is a hub of small business activity. Closing the Chicago office of the SBA would likely make it more difficult for Chicag  more