OAK BROOK, Illinois, May 21 -- Ace Hardware, a retailer-owned hardware cooperative, issued the following news: Ace Hardware is collaborating with the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) once again this year to honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country by giving away 1 million American flags nationwide on Saturday, May 25. Consumers who visit a participating Ace store on May 25 will receive a free 8" x 12" American flag.* A second flag will be donated to a local V more PR

MATTOON, Illinois, May 21 -- Consolidated Communications, a broadband and business communications provider, issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: Consolidated Communications, (NASDAQ: CNSL) a leading broadband and business communications provider, today announced a new On Net/Near Net program, designed to improve partners' and wholesale customers' experience with new tools and resources. The program expands visibility to Consolidated's extensive 60,000+ fiber route network, expandi more PR

ROSEMONT, Illinois, May 21 -- ENSCO, a provider of engineering, science and advanced technology solutions for defense, transportation, aerospace and intelligence sectors, issued the following news release: ENSCO Rail, along with KLD Labs, will jointly exhibit their innovative rail inspection technologies and services at the 29th Annual Wheel Rail Interaction (WRI) Conference at the Loews Chicago O'Hare Hotel from May 21-24, 2024. As Double Platinum sponsors, ENSCO and KLD will showcase a compr more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 21 -- The Illinois Senate Republicans issued the following news: Hundreds of members of the Chicago Teacher's Union (CTU) took a taxpayer-funded day off at the Capitol May 15 to demand $1 billion more in state funding for Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Hypocrisy was on full display as the union's members took a day away from the classroom, forcing the district to spend significant taxpayer dollars on substitute teachers, while also paying salaries of the CTU members who t more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 21 -- The Illinois Senate Republicans issued the following news: A new bill introduced to reduce the risk of accidents and protect tow truck operators and emergency responders has advanced in the Senate. House Bill 4255, sponsored by State Senator Erica Harriss, aims to enhance roadway safety in Illinois by allowing the use of green lights on specified vehicles, including tow trucks, fire department, and police vehicles, when at an emergency scene. The proposal seeks to more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 21 -- The Illinois Senate Republicans issued the following news on May 20, 2024: Spring planting in Illinois is well under way but is currently trailing last year's pace. However, farmers were able to make recent headway thanks to a spell of dry weather and average soil temperatures. According to the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Illinois farmers have so far planted 42% of their corn acres and 39% of the more PR

BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, May 21 (TNSres) -- Illinois Wesleyan University issued the following news release: Nearly 99% of alumni from the class of 2023 were employed or continuing their education within six months of graduating from Illinois Wesleyan University, according to the annual First Destination Survey conducted by IWU's Hart Career Center. Based on a 90% response rate, the survey found that 77% of 2023 graduates were employed full-time with an average starting salary of $57,162. While  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 21 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised CoreWeave, the AI hyperscaler, on a definitive agreement for an up to $7.5 billion debt financing facility led by funds managed by Blackstone, with strategic participation from Magnetar (co-lead investor) and Coatue. Participation in the financing also included CDPQ, DigitalBridge Credit and funds and accounts managed by BlackRock. The new financing will be used to further d more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 21 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis counseled King Street Capital Management, L.P., a leading global investment firm, on acquiring a majority ownership stake in Colovore, a Silicon Valley-based data center operator that specializes in liquid-cooled, high-density colocation for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. The transaction will leverage King Street's deep real estate platform to support Colovo more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 21 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Thoma Bravo and its portfolio company Venafi, a leader in machine identity management, on the sale of Venafi to identity security company CyberArk. CyberArk intends to acquire Venafi for an enterprise value of approximately $1.54 billion in a combination of cash and CyberArk shares (approximately $1 billion in cash and approximately $540 million in shares). The transaction i more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 21 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), one of the world's premier infrastructure investors, on the sale of an equity stake in Phase 1 (Trains 1-3) of NextDecade Corporation's (Nasdaq: NEXT) Rio Grande LNG, a leading liquefied natural gas export project located in Texas, to ADNOC. Read the transaction press release. The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Melissa Kalk more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 21 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news: Mayer Brown has been ranked the 12th 'Most Innovative Law Firm' in Asia Pacific by the Financial Times in its Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers Awards 2024. Mayer Brown was also 'Highly Commended' for its digital strategy, with the Hong Kong office leading the introduction of the Harvey AI tool in 2023, which is used for research, drafting and data analysis, as well as reducing the time spent summarizing local case  more PR

DECATUR, Illinois, May 21 -- Millikin University issued the following news on May 20, 2024: On Sunday, May 19, Millikin University honored more than 270 graduates from the Class of 2024 with two Commencement ceremonies in the Kirkland Fine Arts Center. Students from the College of Arts & Sciences and the Tabor School of Business took the stage and received undergraduate and graduate degrees in front of friends and family in the morning ceremony. The College of Professional Studies and the Coll more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 21 (TNSres) -- The Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law issued the following school news: Kyle Rozema, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the JD/PhD Program and Academic Placement at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, has a new working paper titled "Affirmative Action and Racial Diversity in U.S. Law Schools, 1980-2021 (https://assets.law360news.com/1819000/1819919/ssrn-id4494741%20(1).pdf)," along with co-authors Richard R.W. Brooks, Professor at New York  more PR

CARBONDALE, Illinois, May 21 (TNSres) -- Southern Illinois University issued the following news release: How do newborns evaluate, develop and reason as they grow, and how do they become children with the skills to navigate the social world? By working with countless "tiny psychologists," as they call their infant and children volunteers, the student and faculty researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Social Cognitive Development Lab (SCD) are exploring these questions and more more PR

ITHACA, New York, May 20 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Tuskegee University's College of Agriculture, Environment and Nutrition Sciences has become the latest partner of the Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS), a Science and Technology Center funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation aimed at developing tools to communicate with plants and the associated organisms that make up their microbiomes. Tuskegee joins Cornell, the Boyce Thompson Institute, more PR

NORTHBROOK, Illinois, May 21 -- UL Solutions, a company that says it delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: UL Solutions Inc. ("UL Solutions" or the "Company") (NYSE: ULS), a global safety science leader in independent third-party testing, inspection and certification services and related software and advisory offerings, today reported results for the first quarter ended  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Illinois Chicago campus issued the following news release: A new clinical trial studying whether a compound derived from licorice root will affect prostate cancer in patients is now open at the University of Illinois Chicago. The study will be the first to assess whether the natural product has anti-cancer effects that could benefit patients as they await surgical treatment. The trial, managed by the University of Illinois Cancer Center,  more PR