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State Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Wednesday December 17, 2025 ( 10 items )  

ADM and Planters Cotton Oil Mill Reach Agreement for Cottonseed Processing Joint Venture
DECATUR, Illinois, Dec. 16 [Category: BizFood/Beverages] -- Archer Daniels Midland, an agricultural supply chain manager and processor, issued the following news release: * * * ADM and Planters Cotton Oil Mill Reach Agreement for Cottonseed Processing Joint Venture * CHICAGO and PINE BLUFF, Arkansas ADM (NYSE: ADM), a global leader in innovative solutions from nature, and Planters Cotton Oil Mill, Inc., a premier, gin-owned cooperative cottonseed processor, announced today that they have rea  more

Aon Expands Open Catastrophe Modelling in Latin America With Implementation of Oasis Framework
CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 16 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Aon, a provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human resources solutions and outsourcing services, posted the following news release: * * * Aon Expands Open Catastrophe Modelling in Latin America With Implementation of Oasis Framework * LONDON, Dec. 11, 2025 - Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced that its Impact Forecasting team is leveraging the Oasis Loss Modelling  more

Augustana Partners With Local Organizations to Improve Maternal Care
ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Dec. 17 -- Augustana College issued the following news: * * * Augustana partners with local organizations to improve maternal care Augustana College's Center for the Advancement of Community Health and Wellness (CACHW) is partnering with Community Health Care (CHC), Iowa Black Doula Collective, and Akwaaba QC to improve maternal care in the region. The opportunity for CACHW staff and students arose when the Better Health Foundation awarded the CHC a $350,000 Solutions  more

Boeing Donates $500,000 to Support Flooding Recovery in Puget Sound
CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 16 -- Boeing, an aerospace company and a manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems, posted the following news release: * * * Boeing Donates $500,000 to Support Flooding Recovery in Puget Sound * SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 16, 2025 \Boeing (NYSE: BA) is donating $500,000 from the Boeing Charitable Trust to assist with recovery efforts in the aftermath of severe flooding in the Puget Sound area. Funding will go to the following organizatio  more

Book prepares K-12 leaders for the next public health crisis
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Dec. 16 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * Book prepares K-12 leaders for the next public health crisis * CHAMPAIGN, Ill. In a new book, a team of experts in educational policy, epidemiology and public health chronicles the challenges faced by educators, public health authorities and school officials during the COVID-19 pandemic and offers a guide to some of the lessons learned as K-12 schools weathered that crisis. One  more

Faster approach determines brain cancer treatment is working
CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 17 -- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Faster approach determines brain cancer treatment is working Researchers at Northwestern Medicine - along with the University of Michigan - have developed a new and faster approach to determine if a treatment for the brain cancer glioblastoma is working. Glioblastoma is universally lethal as neurosurgeons cannot remove all of the tumor cells and most drugs used for cancer can't  more

G2 Launches New AI-Powered Performance Analytics To Turn AI Search Visibility Into Increased Pipeline
CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 16 [Category: BizConsulting] -- G2 issued the following news: * * * G2 Launches New AI-Powered Performance Analytics To Turn AI Search Visibility Into Increased Pipeline * G2 has become the place where software buying decisions happen, whether buyers discover solutions through artificial intelligence (AI) search or evaluate alternatives directly on our platform. Thanks to our first-party data from millions of software buyers, we've also become a highly cited source by  more

NASA's Webb telescope finds bizarre atmosphere on a lemon-shaped exoplanet
CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 16 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news: * * * NASA's Webb telescope finds bizarre atmosphere on a lemon-shaped exoplanet * Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have observed an entirely new type of exoplanet whose atmospheric composition challenges our understanding of how this type of planet forms. This bizarre, lemon-shaped body, possibly containing diamonds at its core, blurs the line between planets and stars. Officially named   more

Northwestern Pritzker Law Legal Writing Program Continues Tradition of Excellence
CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 17 -- The Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law issued the following school news: * * * Northwestern Pritzker Law Legal Writing Program Continues Tradition of Excellence With one of the oldest legal writing programs in the country, dating back to the mid-20th century, Northwestern Pritzker Law has a long tradition of excellence in the field. The year-long Communication and Legal Reasoning course that teaches legal reasoning, research, writing, and oral argum  more

NRC Renews Operating Licenses for Clinton & Dresden; Constellation Investing $370 Million in State-of-the-Art Upgrades to Keep These Illinois Nuclear Facilities Online, Meet Rising Power Demand and Support Economic Growth
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 16 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Constellation, a retail supplier of power, natural gas and energy products and services for homes and businesses, posted the following news release: * * * NRC Renews Operating Licenses for Clinton & Dresden; Constellation Investing $370 Million in State-of-the-Art Upgrades to Keep These Illinois Nuclear Facilities Online, Meet Rising Power Demand and Support Economic Growth * 20-year renewals preserve 2,200 jobs and $8.1 billion in tax re  more