WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is expecting a 95-ton coldbox delivery from Sassenage, France. A 55-by-14-foot cryogenic vessel coldbox will soon arrive at the lab after a two-month voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, passage up the Mississippi River and a slow, carfeul drive via interstate to Batavia, Illinois. The coldbox will be  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation has launched six pilot projects to bridge scientific gaps between current quantum technological capabilities and those needed to fully harness quantum properties of energy and matter for practical uses. The six projects join five others that the agency announced in August. Collectively, they are supported by the NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NSF NQVL more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: The Federal Trade Commission and the Illinois Attorney General will announce a major law enforcement action at 11 a.m. Central Time on Tuesday, December 17, at the FTC's Midwest Region Office in Chicago. Members of the media may attend in person or listen via Zoom (audio only). FTC Midwest Region Office, 230 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 3030, Chicago, IL 60604 An audio-only stream of the event will be availabl more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 17 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: * * * Law requires pay scale and benefit information in job postings * * * The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is reminding job seekers and employers that, effective January 1, 2025, all job postings made by employers with 15 or more employees will need to include pay scale and benefit information. This amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 (IL EPA) was contained more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois issued the following news release: A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a Chinese national to a decade in prison for laundering $62 million in illegal drug proceeds on behalf of traffickers in Mexico. From 2016 to 2018, HAIPING PAN schemed with others to launder up to $3 million per month in drug proceeds using secretive money pickups in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and other parts of the more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 17 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: * * * Grant funding will help 100 parks statewide develop recreational opportunities * * * Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced than more than $55.2 million in grant funding was awarded to 100 local park projects throughout Illinois to help communities acquire land and develop recreational opportunities. For the third year in a row, t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: President Joe Biden today established the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine as the 433rd addition to the National Park System at a signing ceremony at the Department of Labor with Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su and leaders of the labor and women's rights communities. The new national monument reflects efforts under the President's Executive more PR