CHICAGO, Illinois, June 15 -- The Illinois Senate Republicans issued the following news: Public infrastructure is getting a boost, as the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) has announced the recipients of Community Development Block Grants (CDBG). This funding will support essential water, sewer, and drainage system repairs, benefiting Illinois residents and improving overall quality of life. The grants, totaling $41 million across 32 communities, aim to ensure equit  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 15 -- The Illinois Senate Republicans issued the following news: The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has announced grant recipients for local projects to improve safety and accessibility for children traveling to school. Safe Routes to School is a federal program managed by IDOT that aims to improve safety and encourage active transportation around elementary, middle, and high schools. The program focuses on upgrading and installing sidewalks, implementing  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 15 -- The Illinois Senate Republicans issued the following news: The Illinois Secretary of State's Office is warning Illinois residents of a data breach that may have exposed their personal data. Out of an abundance of caution, around 50,000 residents received letters concerning a "data security incident" that occurred in early April. The letter stated that an unidentified individual gained access to the Lake County government's computer system and sent a phishing email  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 15 -- The Illinois Senate Republicans issued the following news: More than 150 local chambers of commerce will be awarded a share of $5 million in grant funding through the state's Back to Business (B2B) Local Chambers program. The state's B2B Local Chambers program, which the Illinois Department of Economic Opportunity administers, provides additional support for local chambers of commerce still recovering from the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 15 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Virus even worked and proved safe for immunocompromised mice * * * Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that an attenuated (weakened) virus can help eliminate cancer in mice, in findings published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. In addition, mice that were treated with this virus were more resistant to developing tumors later in life. Th  more

MACOMB, Illinois, June 15 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: From the farmlands outside Princeton, IL, to the classrooms of Knoblauch Hall on Western Illinois University's Macomb campus, one family's legacy is being immortalized through a new endowed scholarship fund for students in the School of Agriculture. Earlier this spring, Linda (Johnson) Meyer '82, Agricultural Science, reached out to the WIU Foundation to express interest in establishing a scholarship to   more

ROCHESTER, New York, June 15 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: Marcia Trauernicht will retire in July after 38 years as an RIT librarian and, most recently, as director of RIT Libraries. Serendipity and a tip from her husband in 1986 about a temporary job at RIT's Wallace Library led Trauernicht to apply for her first professional library position. She had just graduated with her master's degree in library science from the University of Illinois, Champagne  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 15 -- The Illinois Senate Republicans issued the following news: The Illinois Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) held public meetings during the week about the proposed closure of Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill and Logan Correctional Center, a women's prison located in Lincoln. In March, the Pritzker Administration announced plans to demolish and rebuild the Logan facility but did not commit to rebuilding the women's facility,   more

MOLINE, Illinois, June 15 -- The Illinois State Treasurer issued the following news release on June 14, 2024: Illinois residents can now search for missing money and unclaimed property in Spanish at a new I-CASH website (https://es.icash.illinoistreasurer.gov/), Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced in Moline today. The website, es.icash.illinoistreasurer.gov/, works the same way as its English-language counterpart, icash.illinoistreasurer.gov. You can enter your name or business  more