NORTHBROOK, Illinois, July 18 -- Allstate, a property and casualty insurance company, issued the following news release: * * * June 2025 Monthly Release * NORTHBROOK, Ill., July 17, 2025 - The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) today announced estimated catastrophe losses for the month of June of $619 million or $489 million, after-tax. Catastrophe losses for June include 15 events with approximately 70% of the losses related to three wind and hail events. Total catastrophe losses for the seco  more

DEERFIELD, Illinois, July 18 -- Baxter International, a health care company that focuses on products to treat hemophilia, kidney disease, immune disorders and other chronic and acute medical conditions, issued the following news release on July 17, 2025: * * * Baxter to Host Second-Quarter 2025 Financial Results Conference Call for Investors * Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), a global medtech leader, will host a conference call to discuss its second-quarter 2025 financial results on Thu  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, July 17 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Economist weighs in on the tension between the President and Federal Reserve Chair * EVANSTON, Ill. --- As President Trump considers firing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Martin Eichenbaum, the Charles Moskos Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, cautions that substituting a political appointee for an independently run institution would be a mistake, particularly now when the ra  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, July 18 -- The Illinois Department of Employment Security issued the following news on July 17, 2025: * * * Illinois Unemployment Falls as Payroll Jobs Set Another Record High Illinois Unemployment Falls to 4.6% for the First Time Since August 2023 * SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today nonfarm payrolls totals reached a record high in June, increasing over-the-month up +9,400 to 6,175,200. June's record payroll job total   more

CARBONDALE, Illinois, July 18 -- Southern Illinois University issued the following news release: * * * SIU Carbondale police welcome public input in law enforcement accreditation CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The Southern Illinois University Carbondale Department of Public Safety (DPS) is seeking public comment as part of an accreditation process with the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA). An IACLEA assessment team will arrive on Aug. 10 to examine all aspects  more

URBANA, Illinois, July 17 -- The University of Illinois System issued the following news: * * * U of I Board of Trustees approves Urbana office building purchase The University of Illinois Board of Trustees today approved the purchase of a three-story office building at 901 W. University Ave., Urbana. The facility will help address growing space needs of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Carle Illinois College of Medicine and other campus units. The nearly 32,000-square-foot stru  more