CHICAGO, Illinois, May 7 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- TransUnion, a risk information provider, issued the following news release: * * * Households with Children Emerge as Power Users of the Gig Economy While gig economy services are popular with American consumers overall, households with children have emerged as power users. This cohort reports using gig services on a weekly basis at an overall rate nearly 50% higher than households without children. More telling, 23% of households  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * ICYMI: Horsford Takes the Cash, Sells His Spine In case you missed it: Out of touch Democrat Steven Horsford is bankrolled by Illinois Democrat Governor JB Pritzker, yet forgot how to talk while Pritzker faces backlash for his inflammatory remarks calling for violence against Republicans. "Out of touch Democrat coward Steven Horsford proves once again that when Pritzer's blood money hits th  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, May 8 -- The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services issued the following news release on May 7, 2025: * * * Illinois DCFS expands Domestic Violence Co-Location Program to Springfield and Belleville in partnership with Domestic Violence Organizations Local domestic violence advocates will aid DCFS caseworkers across the state in their work to support adult and child survivors of domestic violence Springfield, IL - The Illinois Department of Children and Fam  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 7 [Category: BizReal Estate] -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, posted the following news release: * * * JLL Reports Financial Results for First-Quarter 2025 CHICAGO, May 7, 2025 - Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL) today reported operating performance for the first quarter of 2025 with diluted earnings per share of $1.14 (down 19%, driven by non-cash losses) and adjusted diluted earnings per share 1 of $2.31 (up 28%). Growt  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 8 -- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Common Genetic Variants Help Determine Heart Failure Risk, Study Finds By Melissa Rohman Screening for common genetic variants in addition to rare genetic variants can help improve patient risk stratification for heart failure, according to a recent study published in Nature Genetics led by investigators at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the Perelm  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 8 -- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Regenerating Eyedrops May Help Damaged Corneas Heal By Melissa Rohman Northwestern Medicine investigators have developed first-of-its-kind eyedrops that use synthetic nanoparticles to help the eye regenerate cells that have been damaged by mustard keratopathy, or exposure to mustard gas, and other inflammatory eye diseases, detailed in a recent study published in the journ  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * NRCC Statement on IL-08 The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) released the following statement regarding the recent news in IL-08. "Raja Krishnamoorthi racing for the exit is yet another domino to fall in the ongoing Democrat dysfunction. While out of touch liberals eat their own in Illinois, House Republicans remain united to retain and grow our majority in Congress." -- N  more