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State Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Wednesday August 20, 2025 ( 11 items )  

18 Illinois Communities Receive a Total of $150,000 in Environmental Grants from ComEd, Openlands
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 19 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Commonwealth Edison, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release: * * * 18 Illinois Communities Receive a Total of $150,000 in Environmental Grants from ComEd, Openlands * In their longstanding collaboration to create sustainable communities and maintain natural environments, ComEd and Openlands announced the 18 grant recipients of the 2025 Green Region Grant Program. This year, grants of up to $10,000 each, totaling over $150  more

Alaskan Volcano Could Help SMU Scientists Understand Why 'Stealthy' Volcanoes Erupt Without Warning
DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 20 (TNSjou) -- Southern Methodist University issued the following news: * * * An Alaskan volcano could help SMU scientists understand why 'stealthy' volcanoes erupt without warning Scientists are figuring out what lies beneath those quiet threats -- volcanoes that don't give any notice before erupting. * Some volcanoes don't give much -- or any -- warning before they blow. Veniaminof, Alaska, is one of them: it is a "stealthy" volcano, which doesn't show the traditional   more

Clean hydrogen's iridium problem? Solved in an afternoon
EVANSTON, Illinois, Aug. 19 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Clean hydrogen's iridium problem? Solved in an afternoon * * Link to: Northwestern Now Story EMBARGOED UNTIL 8 A.M. EDT (U.S.) ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025 * New material rivals iridium for water splitting reaction at a fraction of the cost * Discovered using megalibraries, a high-speed materials synthesis and discovery tool, along with artificial intelligence and machine learning * Fin  more

Distinguished Professor Dean Zimmerman to Deliver 38th Annual Mary Olive Woods Lecture at WIU
MACOMB, Illinois, Aug. 20 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: * * * Distinguished Professor Dean Zimmerman to Deliver 38th Annual Mary Olive Woods Lecture at WIU Rutgers University Distinguished Professor Dean Zimmerman will present the 38th annual Mary Olive Woods Lecture at Western Illinois University at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 18 in the University Union Grand Ballroom. Zimmerman's presentation, "Why Would Anyone Be a Dualist? Souls, Bodies, and the Afterli  more

Grant Thornton Advisors to Add Top Diligence and Value-Creation Provider Stax
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 20 -- Grant Thornton, a provider of audit, tax and advisory services, presented the following news release on Aug. 19, 2025: * * * Grant Thornton Advisors to add top diligence and value-creation provider Stax Together, they will serve almost 70% of the U.S.-based Private Equity International 300 * CHICAGO and BOSTON -- Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (Grant Thornton Advisors) today announced it will acquire Stax, a leading strategy consulting firm specializing in commer  more

Illegals get handouts, cops get demonized, and Americans foot the bill
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Illegals get handouts, cops get demonized, and Americans foot the bill * Radical Democrat JB Pritzker just signed a bill into law opening taxpayer-funded student financial aid for illegal immigrants in Illinois. This is a concerning pattern from national Democrats who are consistently putting criminal illegal immigrants first and demonizing law enforcement: * Democrat Rep. Delia Ramir  more

JOHN DEERE PARTNERS WITH THE RESERVOIR TO ACCELERATE HIGH-VALUE CROP INNOVATION
MOLINE, Illinois, Aug. 20 -- Deere and Co., a manufacturer of agricultural, construction, forestry machinery and diesel engines, issued the following news release: * * * JOHN DEERE PARTNERS WITH THE RESERVOIR TO ACCELERATE HIGH-VALUE CROP INNOVATION MOLINE, Illinois (August 19, 2025) -- John Deere (NYSE: DE) announced today the start of a strategic collaboration with the Reservoir, a California-based agricultural technology on-farm incubator platform that brings together grower networks and d  more

Northern Trust Launches Fixed Income ETF Suites
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 20 -- Northern Trust, an international financial services company, issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2025: * * * Northern Trust Launches Fixed Income ETF Suites New Active ETFs Feature Innovative Distributing Ladder Design * CHICAGO -- Northern Trust Asset Management has launched three suites of fixed income ETFs today. The 11 new ETFs are the first funds under the new Northern Trust ETFs brand. Two suites of innovative distributing ladder ETFs use paten  more

University of Chicago: Deep Beneath the French Alps, Scientists Hunt for Dark Matter
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Deep beneath the French Alps, scientists hunt for dark matter UChicago scientists probe the nature of mysterious 'hidden-sector' dark matter in DAMIC-M experiment By Maureen Searcy The mysterious substance called dark matter is intrinsically invisible. It cannot be directly observed--rather, its presence is inferred by its gravitational influence on the universe, such as binding galaxy cluste  more

US Beauty Industry Grows in the First Half of 2025, Circana Reports
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 20 (TNSxrep) -- Circana, a company that says it is a leading advisor on the complexity of consumer behavior, issued the following news release: * * * US Beauty Industry Grows in the First Half of 2025, Circana Reports CHICAGO, August 19, 2025 - In the first half of 2025, the U.S. prestige beauty market grew by 2% to $16 billion, while sales at mass merchants increased 4% to $34.6 billion, according to Circana, LLC. Below are the key highlights and takeaways across the   more

Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy Strengthens Market Position Through Expanded Limited Distribution Network
DEERFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 20 -- Walgreens Boots Alliance, a pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing enterprise company, issued the following news release: * * * Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy Strengthens Market Position Through Expanded Limited Distribution Network * DEERFIELD, Ill.-AUG. 19, 2025-- Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy has expanded its limited distribution drug (LDD) network to now include 265 products, placing it among the leading networks in specialty pharmacies. LDDs are specialty medica  more