WOOD DALE, Illinois, March 14 -- AAR, a provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, issued the following news release on March 13, 2025: * * * AAR to announce third quarter fiscal year 2025 results on March 27, 2025 Wood Dale, Illinois -- AAR CORP. (NYSE: AIR), a leading provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, MROs, and OEMs, today announced that it will release financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2025, ended February   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL CHARGES ILLINOIS STATE POLICE EMPLOYEE OVER FRAUDULENT WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul charged a suburban Cook County man on Thursday alleging he fraudulently applied for and received workers' compensation benefits while working for the Illinois State Police (ISP). The Attorney General's office charged Marcus Lyles, 29, of  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL ISSUES STATEMENT ON LAWSUIT TO STOP TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM DISMANTLING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today issued the following statement after joining a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of the Department of Education. "Illinois students have long relied on   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL SUPPORTS PERKINS COIE LAW FIRM TARGETED FOR REPRESENTING CLIENTS DISFAVORED BY PRESIDENT Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie LLP (Perkins Coie), the Seattle law firm targeted by President Donald Trump for representing clients and taking positions disfavored by the   more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, March 14 -- Augustana College issued the following news: * * * Students map their skills to solve coastal, human problems The term "environmental justice" seems less abstract when you're talking with people whose coastal homeland is eroding away in front of their eyes. Or to those displaced from the Cancer Alley area of petrochemical plants in Louisiana. And of course, there is the nearby dead zone at the mouth of the Mississippi River, where it empties into the Gulf o  more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, March 14 -- Augustana College issued the following news: * * * Augustana surveying women on maternal health care in the Quad Cities Augustana College's Center for the Advancement of Community Health and Wellness is leading a project to better understand maternal health experiences and outcomes for women in the Quad Cities. Women between the ages of 18-45 who have been pregnant within the past two years are invited to take part in the survey. The survey is seeking indi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 14 -- City Colleges of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Congratulations to Olive-Harvey Coach Jeffery Dillard for being named NJCAA Region 4 Division I Women's Basketball Coach of the Year Coach Dillard has led the Lady Panthers to a historic 2024-2025 season with a 32-1 record. Coach Dillard grew up on the Southeast Side of Chicago. Both his parents' careers are in education. His mother is now a retired school teacher and his father is a professor at Olive-  more

MATTOON, Illinois, March 13 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Consolidated Communications, a broadband and business communications provider, posted the following news release: * * * Future-proof with fiber, Fidium delivers multi-gig speeds and opportunity for Barrington More than 3,900 homes and businesses in the Barrington-area gain access to Fidium's all-fiber network, with plans as low as $30 BARRINGTON, N.H. -- March 13, 2025 -- Fidium has expanded its all-fiber, symmetrical multi-gi  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, March 13 -- The Illinois Commerce Commission issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * ICC 2024 Supplier Diversity Report shows steady investment growth from "Big 6" utilities Springfield, IL - The Illinois Commerce Commission's (ICC) Office of Diversity and Community Affairs' (ODCA) 2024 Annual Report shows that diverse spending by the state's largest investorowned utilities has grown steadily for the fourth year in a row at over $2 billion. Some utili  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 [Category: BizReal Estate] -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, posted the following news release: * * * JLL facilitates recapitalization of Boston-area retail center BOSTON, Mar. 13, 2025 - JLL 's Capital Markets group announced today that it has arranged the recapitalization of Legacy Place, the dominant open-air, grocery-anchored lifestyle center in New England. Legacy Place is located in Dedham, Massachusetts, an affluent subu  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Kirkland Advises CD&R on Successful Recapitalisation of Vialto Partners Kirkland & Ellis advised CD&R on the successful comprehensive $1.7 billion recapitalisation of Vialto Partners, effective February 24, 2025. Vialto is a global mobility company and the leading provider of global mobility, tax and immigration solutions to the world's leading companies. CD&R was t  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Kirkland Advises EQT on Acquisition of Crown Castles Small Cells Solutions Business Kirkland & Ellis counseled EQT Active Core on its definitive agreement to acquire Crown Castle Inc.'s Small Cells Solutions business, a leading builder and operator of digital infrastructure, in a transaction valuing it at approximately $4.25 billion. The transaction was announced Ma  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Kirkland Advises LLCP on Sale of Encore Fire Protection Kirkland & Ellis advised Los Angeles-based private equity firm LLCP on the sale of its portfolio company Encore Fire Protection to funds advised by global investment firm Permira. The transaction closed on March 13, 2025. Financial terms were not disclosed. Encore is a leading provider of fire protection servic  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 14 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Mayer Brown advises Mediawan on majority investment in See-Saw Films London - Mayer Brown has advised Mediawan, the French media conglomerate and audiovisual international production and distribution group on its majority investment in See-Saw Films, a British-Australian multi-award winning film and television production group. The transaction will improve See-Saw's ability to secure and retain IP, and w  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * McDermott Advises Gleamer on its Acquisition of Pixyl and Caerus Medical McDermott Will & Emery advised Gleamer, a leading company in AI medical imaging, on its acquisition of Pixyl, a Grenoble-based medtech specialising in brain MRI, and Caerus Medical, which specialises in the detection of lumbar pathologies. The McDermott team involved comprised: * Dia  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, March 13 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Northwestern baseball alum endows head coaching position * Link to: Northwestern Now Story EVANSTON, Ill. --- Former Northwestern Baseball letterwinner Dennis LaPidus '64 has made a major gift to establish the Sidney and Mildred LaPidus Head Baseball Coach position at the University, in memory of his parents. LaPidus was a pitcher for the team. This gift will provide Northwestern Athletics an  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 -- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Study Explores How Brains Store, Retrieve Memories An international team of scientists has revealed new clues about the neural mechanisms underlying memory formation and recognition in the developing human brain, according to a study published in Science Advances. The ability to remember specific details of events and recognize familiar items is a critical cognitive fun  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 14 -- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Uncovering New Therapeutic Targets for Pediatric Epilepsy Investigators in the laboratory of Gemma Carvill, PhD, assistant professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology Division of Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology, have discovered novel mechanisms underlying Dravet syndrome, a rare genetic form of epilepsy in children, that may serve as promising therapeut  more

BOURBONNAIS, Illinois, March 13 -- Olivet Nazarene University posted the following news: * * * Olivet Establishes Mike and Karen Pence Award for Law Olivet Nazarene University has announced the establishment of the Mike and Karen Pence Award for Law, an annual honor recognizing an outstanding graduating student pursuing legal studies. The award, which includes a cash gift, was presented by President Gregg Chenoweth during a special campus chapel featuring former Vice President Mike Pence. T  more

BOURBONNAIS, Illinois, March 13 -- Olivet Nazarene University posted the following news: * * * So Help Me God: Mike Pence on Faith & Leadership at Olivet "You don't have to choose between following Christ and a life of public service." Former Vice President and Indiana Governor Mike Pence spoke to a packed Centennial Chapel, emphasizing the importance of faith in public life. In his address, Pence shared personal stories of his own faith journey, struggles in politics, and lessons in servan  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 [Category: BizReal Estate] -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, posted the following news release: * * * Spear Street Capital acquires mixed-use Soho property for $40M NEW YORK, Mar. 13, 2025 - JLL Capital Markets announced today it has completed the $40 million sale and $24 million financing of 165 Mercer St., a six-story luxury office and retail property in Manhattan's vibrant Soho neighborhood. JLL represented the seller, a l  more

MATTOON, Illinois, March 13 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Consolidated Communications, a broadband and business communications provider, posted the following news release: * * * Tamworth's new all-fiber network from Fidium enhances connectivity for community More than 1,500 homes and businesses in Tamworth can now access Fidium's multi-gig speed fiber internet, with plans as low as $30 TAMWORTH, N.H. -- March 13, 2025 -- Fidium has expanded its multi-gig, symmetrical speed internet s  more

NORTHBROOK, Illinois, March 14 -- UL Solutions, a company that says it delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, issued the following news release: * * * UL Solutions Inc. Files Lawsuit Against Fly-E Group, Inc. to Protect Trusted Safety Mark The electric vehicle company and its subsidiaries are accused of counterfeiting, federal trademark infringement and deceptive business practices NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS - March 13, 2025  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 13 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Scientists create 'odd' objects that adapt and move over obstacles Advance in robot locomotion by UChicago, University of Amsterdam researchers could offer new avenues for design Locomotion, the ability to move from one place to another, is an essential survival strategy for virtually every organism. Adapting to the unpredictable terrain they run into, cells, fungi and microorganisms autonomously move a  more