WOOD DALE, Illinois, June 14 -- AAR, a provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, issued the following news release: AAR CORP. (NYSE: AIR), a leading provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, MROs, and OEMs, has signed a territory expansion agreement that expands its Americas-based electronics distribution relationship with OTTO Engineering, Inc. (OTTO) into the APAC region. Under the agreement, AAR will distribute OTTO's extensive line o  more

OAK BROOK, Illinois, June 14 -- Ace Hardware, a retailer-owned hardware cooperative, issued the following news: Celebrating a landmark 100 years of service, Ace Hardware proudly unveils Heartware Stories, an initiative that encapsulates a century of unparalleled community support and heartfelt kindness. More than just a place to pick up a paintbrush, Ace stands as the quintessential neighborhood hardware store, deeply woven into the fabric of every hometown it serves. This campaign features a m  more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, June 10 -- Augustana College issued the following news: Augustana College students will canvas 300 Port Byron homes Thursday, June 13, in the college's next chapter of assisting municipalities with inventorying water service lines. Seventeen students will work on the Port Byron project through Sept. 1. Augustana sustainability manager Peyton Heisch, a leader on the water line project, said students will use the historical marker of copper for all homes in the village new  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 14 -- Commonwealth Edison, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: ComEd today joined Compass Datacenters, the Village of Hoffman Estates and area leaders to formally launch one of the largest-ever Illinois data center projects. The new data center campus will be located at the former Sears Headquarters campus, which closed in 2021, transforming the space with a new data center campus projected to bring $10 billion of investment into t  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 15 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release: Cooley advised Tempus AI, a technology company advancing precision medicine through the practical application of artificial intelligence in healthcare, on its $410.7 million initial public offering (IPO). Tempus offered 11,100,000 shares of its Class A common stock priced at $37 per share, with a 30-day option for the underwriters to purchase up to 1,665,000 additional shares of its Class A common stock at the  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 15 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kelly Dobbs Bunting, co-chair of the Workplace Compliance & Counseling Group of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP's Labor & Employment Practice, will present two sessions at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)'s 2024 conference June 23-26 in Chicago. On June 24, Bunting will present "AI in HR Update: The Brave New World of Laws, Regs and Guidance For Employers." Bunting will give a  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 14 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following compliance examination on June 13, 2024, involving Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Here are excerpts: * * * FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FAILURE TO CONDUCT ADEQUATE SITE VISIT MONITORING OF GRANTEES The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (Authority) failed to conduct adequate site visit monitoring of its grantees in accordance with its Federal and State Grants Unit  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 14 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following compliance examination on June 13, 2024, involving Northern Illinois University. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This digest covers our Compliance Examination of Northern Illinois University (University) for the year ended June 30, 2023. A separate Financial Audit and a separate Single Audit as of and for the year ended June 30, 2023, were both previously released on March 28, 2024. In total, this repor  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 14 -- The Illinois Senate Democrats issued the following news: Members of the Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus helped secure funding for local chambers of commerce that will go toward supporting businesses and helping them recover from the lingering economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. "The State of Illinois' B2B Local Chambers program is critical to helping local chambers of commerce continue moving in a positive trajectory after the devastating effects of t  more

DECATUR, Illinois, June 15 (TNSres) -- Millikin University issued the following news: * * * Millikin's Signature Brand of Education Empowers Academic Excellence * * * An MBA student from Rwanda helps a retired police lieutenant in Macon County conduct ground-breaking domestic violence research. A member of the Women's Triathlon team fills backpacks with food for area schoolchildren who might otherwise go hungry. A Nursing major transfers from a local community college and uses cutting-edge  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 14 (TNSres) -- TransUnion, a risk information provider, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Marketers have experienced the tension between investing for short-term results and long-term growth for decades. Today, new research from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) and MMA Global uncovers a targeting strategy that performs best against both short- and long-term objectives: the Movable Middles. The Movable Middles audience target is defined as category buyers who are  more

BERWYN, Illinois, June 15 -- Troutman Pepper, a law firm, issued the following news: Deborah Spranger, practice group leader of Troutman Pepper's Life Sciences Transactions Practice, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). Membership is limited to just 1% of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction. Members are nominated by their peers and selected by the ABF Board. The ABF Fellows is a global honorary society that recognizes attorneys, judges, law faculty,   more

BOURBONNAIS, Illinois, June 15 -- Olivet Nazarene University issued the following news: By Laura Warfel For outstanding support of military member employees and their families, Olivet Nazarene University recently received the Above and Beyond Award from Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). This award recognizes employers at the local level for going above and beyond the legal requirements of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act by providing Guard and Reser  more