ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 21 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release: Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor has joined Attorneys General Raul Labrador of Idaho and Todd Rokita of Indiana, and 25 other states, in filing a brief with the Unites States Supreme Court challenging Illinois' unconstitutional ban of AR-15 rifles and their standard 30-round magazines. "What the 7th Circuit has done with the Illinois' ban on AR-15 rifles and magazines should frighten Ame more PR

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, March 21 -- Augustana College issued the following news: Augustana College announces the selection of Lindsay Adolphs as the assistant vice president for CORE and community-engaged learning. Adolphs, who now serves as executive director for academic and career planning at St. Ambrose University, will join the college April 15. Adolphs was selected after a nationwide search led by Dr. Sangeetha Rayapati, professor of music, and an interview process that involved Augustana more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 21 -- Motorola Solutions issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) today announced its deployment of 4,000 VB400 body cameras to police forces in Austria. The nationwide rollout will help front-line teams to de-escalate potentially dangerous situations, capture evidence during operations and improve safety and transparency in all interactions. The latest Global Peace Report stated that Austria is one of the safest countries in  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 21 -- Brunswick Group, an advisory firm, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Brunswick Group, the world's leading critical issues advisory firm, today announced that Michaela Browning will join as a Partner and the CEO of Asia-Pacific on April 1, 2024. Michaela has had a highly accomplished career in both the private and public sectors. She joins Brunswick from Google, where she served as Vice President and the Regional Head of Government and Public Po more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 21 -- The Chicago Housing Authority issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: * * * Project will Add More Than 300 New or Renovated Apartments to the Campus * * * The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Board of Commissioners approved funding for Phase IC of the Lathrop redevelopment at Tuesday's Board Meeting. This long-awaited third phase will focus on the Lathrop South campus (south of Diversey Avenue) and will address all remaining vacant buildings on the  more PR

TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma, March 21 -- The Cherokee Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news: The Cherokee Nation has been awarded a $2.5 million U.S. Department of Transportation Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods planning grant for a future Willis Road bridge project, which aims to improve connectivity between Tahlequah and Welling in Cherokee County. The grant funds will support the planning phase for the project, which would include 5.6 miles of pro more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 21 -- Commonwealth Edison, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: South suburban resource fair is first of several community events ComEd will attend this year as an extension of its 2023 award-winning outreach program. To help individuals and families gain access to critical support services, including utility bill assistance, ComEd today joined a community resource fair organized by the Village of University Park, the Will County more PR

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: "Eric Sorensen has been looking out for his community's safety for decades, first by educating and informing them about severe weather and now by investing in local law enforcement, protecting reproductive freedom, and helping working families get ahead. While Eric is a trusted neighbor and bipartisan leader who is delivering real results for Illinois, Joe McGraw has a record of failing to more PR

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: A new report from Politico highlights the ways Democratic governors have worked to protect access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) - before and after the Alabama Supreme Court decision - continuing their efforts to protect Americans' reproductive freedom in a post-Dobbs world. As Politico reported, "Democratically controlled states California, Illinois and Massachusetts passed laws last year that protect IVF  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement on today's primaries in Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio, and Florida: "Today's primaries underline what we've seen over and over again this cycle: voters are excited to cast their ballot for Democrats, and send MAGA extremists packing. From Arizona to Ohio, the Democratic coalition is built on the diversity and strength of voters who know just h more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, March 21 -- The Illinois National Guard issued the following news: Col. Michael Eastridge, the Illinois National Guard Chief of the Joint Staff and former Commander of the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, has been named as the Illinois National Guard's next Deputy Assistant Adjutant General - Army and received his federal recognition as a brigadier general this week. His promotion ceremony will be held in April. "Mike Eastridge has both extensive combat and domesti more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 21 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief defending the federal law that prohibits people who have been convicted of felonies from possessing firearms. In their brief, filed in U.S. v Prince, Raoul and the attorneys general ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit to overturn a lower court ruling that found the law unconstitutiona more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 21 -- The Illinois Institute of Technology issued the following news release: In a groundbreaking initiative to bridge the educational gap and meet the growing demand for skilled tech professionals in Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech), City Colleges of Chicago (CCC), and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) today launched Runway 606--the first-of-its-kind program aimed at providing Chicago Public School students with a clear, accelerated pathway to high- more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 20 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis represented Comvest Partners, a leading middle-market private equity and credit investment firm, on the final close of its sixth flagship private equity fund, Comvest Investment Partners VI, L.P. (CIP VI), with total capital commitments of $881 million. CIP VI received commitments from a diverse global investor group that includes foundations, insurance companies, pension funds, a more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 21 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised KKR, a leading global investment firm, on the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant to which investment funds and accounts managed by KKR agreed to acquire a majority stake in Avantus, a premier U.S. developer of large utility-scale solar and solar-plus-storage projects. Following the close of the transaction, KKR and existing investor EIG, a leading institutional inv more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 21 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis is advising private equity firm Montagu on the proposed acquisition of Johnson Matthey Plc's medical device components (MDC) business. The definitive agreement was announced on March 20, 2024. MDC develops and manufactures miniature components for minimally invasive medical devices used in high-growth clinical specialties. The business focuses on complex and high-precision compon more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 21 -- Troutman Pepper, a law firm, issued the following news: Eight Troutman Pepper attorneys have been selected to serve on Law360 Editorial Advisory Boards this year. Board members were selected by Law360 to provide feedback on the publication's coverage and expert insight on how to best shape future coverage. Board Memberships: Access to Justice Sara B. Richman (Philadelphia) Bankruptcy Evelyn Meltzer (Wilmington) Consumer Protection Ashley Taylor, Jr more PR

LOMBARD, Illinois, March 21 (TNSres) -- National University of Health Sciences issued the following news: Since joining the NUHS research community in 2004, Claire Johnson, DC, MSEd, PhD, DACBSP, FICC, Professor and Editor of NUHS Journals, and Bart Green, DC, MSEd, PhD, DACBSP, Lecturer and Associate Editor of NUHS Journals, have been steadfast pillars of discovery and inquiry. Often called the Dynamic Duo by their colleagues, Dr. Johnson and Dr. Green's combined dedication to research has sha more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 21 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: President Joe Biden on Monday signed an executive order to expand and improve how the U.S. federal government funds health research about women, who historically have been and currently still are underrepresented in medical research. The move comes just after President Biden's State of the Union address in which he called on Congress to make an investment of $12 billion to create a Fund f more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 21 -- Faegre Drinker, a law firm, issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Faegre Drinker announced today that Raj Patel has joined Faegre Drinker's construction and real estate litigation group as a partner in Chicago. Patel joins from a national law firm where he was a partner and leader of the construction practice. Patel advises clients on construction, infrastructure, leasing, and supply chain transactions across various industries, including education more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 21 -- The University of Illinois Chicago campus issued the following news release: Chicago was a different city when the University of Illinois Chicago founded its Department of Urban Planning and Policy in 1973. Manufacturing accounted for almost one-third of all jobs held by Chicago residents. The Sears Tower, the tallest building in the world for the next 25 years, was completed and occupied. What will the next 50 years bring to Chicago? At UIC's 2024 Urban Forum,  more PR

AKRON, Ohio, March 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Akron issued the following news: As the nation braces itself for another pivotal presidential election year, the spotlight on gun control intensifies -- one of America's most contentious issues. Shedding light on this debate, new research by Dr. Michael Nelson, emeritus professor of economics at The University of Akron, and Dr. Rajeev Goel, professor of economics at Illinois State University, unveils a surprising revelation: female legislators more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Physicists show how patterns can emerge from chaos in turbulent fluids * * * By Louise Lerner The turbulent motion of a tumbling river or the outflow from a jet engine is chaotic: that is, it contains no obvious pattern. But according to a new study, regular patterns can emerge from the turbulent motion of fluids. What you need is an intriguing property called "odd viscosity" that arises unde more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Stars from the Large Magellanic Cloud reveal new hints about how the universe got its elements * * * The first generation of stars transformed the universe. Inside their cores, simple hydrogen and helium fused into a rainbow of elements. When these stars died, they exploded and sent these new elements across the universe. The iron running in your veins and the calcium in your teeth and the sodi more PR