CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- Barack Ferrazzano, a law firm, issued the following news release: The BFKN Financial Institutions Group served as legal counsel to Bridgewater Bank in its completion of the previously announced acquisition of First Minnetonka City Bank. With the completion of the acquisition, Bridgewater Bank's parent holding company, Bridgewater Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BWB) has approximately $5.0 billion in total assets, with nine full-service branches across the Twin Cities.  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- Crowe, a public accounting, consulting and technology firm, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: * * * Innovative solution leverages analytics to enhance organizational resilience amidst ever-evolving cyber threats * * * Crowe LLP, a public accounting and consulting firm, and X-Analytics, the premier cyber risk decisioning application, today announced the launch of Crowe Cyber Economic Risk Analyzer. Developed by leveraging Crowe's deep expertise  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, in partnership with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced a $25 million settlement agreement with Grubhub Inc. over its alleged deceptive business practices that harmed customers, delivery drivers and restaurants. Raoul's office initiated an investigation into Grubhub's practices after receiving dozens of consumer complaints about the com more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: * * * Most hourly workers will see an increase of $1 an hour on their paystubs * * * The minimum wage in Illinois is increasing on January 1st, 2025. Workers will see an increase of $1 per hour from $14 to $15. The minimum wage for tipped workers will rise to $9 per hour and youth workers (under 18) working fewer than 650 hours per calendar year will see their hourly wage incr more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 17 -- The Illinois Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: * * * Grant funding will help 100 parks statewide develop recreational opportunities * * * Today, 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  more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 18 (TNSres) -- The Illinois Department of Public Health issued the following news: CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced that it has posted the 2024 Third Quarter Report of Nursing Home Violations. Details on the 312 violation reports completed in the third quarter of 2024 may be found HERE (https://dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/health-care-regulation/nursing-homes/violator-quarterly-reports/2024-q3-report.html) on the IDPH website.  more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- The Illinois Courts issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) announced today that the Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine's Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development (CRHSSD) has recently awarded $45,000 to rural drug courts in Illinois. Five rural counties including Pike, Williamson, Clinton, Marion, and Richland will receive funds to enhance existing programs and more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release: Third District Appellate Court Justice Mary W. McDade has announced her retirement after 24 years on the bench in the Third District Appellate Court, during which time she became the first Black woman to serve on the Illinois Appellate Court outside of Cook County. Her retirement is effective December 31, 2024. Justice McDade was born in Columbia, South Carolina, in August 1939 and was raised in Ann more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release: * * * JLL Capital Markets oversees strategic sale of premier grocery-anchored retail center, Northlake Square, in Atlanta MSA * * * ATLANTA, Dec. 17, 2024 - JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has facilitated the $17.3 million sale of Northlake Square, a 82,578-square-foot retail center located within the Atlanta MSA in Tucker, Georgia. JLL represente more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: Munich/Dusseldorf, December 17, 2024 - McDermott Will & Emery has advised Main Capital Partners on the acquisition and financing of the acquisition of procilon Group, a leading German provider of software for secure communication and digital signatures. The seller is Harald Quandt Industriebeteiligungen GmbH. As a strategic partner, Main Capital will support procilon in its next phase of grow more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, Dec. 17 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: Shanice Harris EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy received a $1 million gift from the Kapor Foundation to establish the Center for Technology, Policy, and Opportunity. The center will lead a range of initiatives, beginning with a new interdisciplinary graduate program designed to address challenges arising at the intersection of technology, society and policy. Debuting  more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, Dec. 17 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: Amanda Morris Journal: Science Advances EVANSTON, Ill. - By studying prehistoric rocks and fossils emerging from the side of Mount Ashibetsu in Japan, researchers have precisely refined the timing and duration of Ocean Anoxic Event 1a (OAE 1a), an extreme environmental disruption that choked oxygen from Earth's oceans to cause significant extinction, especially among plankton. Researchers have long susp more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, Dec. 17 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: Amanda Morris Journal: Science Advances EVANSTON, Ill. - By studying prehistoric rocks and fossils emerging from the side of Mount Ashibetsu in Japan, researchers have precisely refined the timing and duration of Ocean Anoxic Event 1a (OAE 1a), an extreme environmental disruption that choked oxygen from Earth's oceans to cause significant extinction, especially among plankton. Researchers have long susp more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, Dec. 17 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: Stephanie Kulke EVANSTON, Ill. - A new study by developmental scientists at Northwestern University provides new insight into a hallmark of human communication: our flexibility to use non-linguistic signals to serve our communication needs. Just as humans can use the taps of Morse Code or the patterns of smoke signals to communicate precise messages, infants show a remarkable flexibility to interpret non more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- The Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law issued the following school news: In October, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's Director of Tenant Advocacy Clinic and Professor Eric Sirota published The Rent Eats First, a book that analyzes capitalist systems and systemic inequality in verse form. Growing up in Evanston, the son of two lawyers, Sirota began developing his parallel interests in poetry and law early. He recalls writing a poem about "a frien more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- Boeing, an aerospace company and a manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems, issued the following news release: * * * - Satellites launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida at 5:26 p.m on December 17 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket - Equipped with Boeing's most advanced communications payload, these satellites will enhance SES's global connectivity services * * * KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Dec.17, 2024 - Two more Boeing [N more PR

WHEATON, Illinois, Dec. 18 -- Wheaton College issued the following news: * * * This grant will fund the "Thriving Faith Initiative: Nurturing Children through Worship and Prayer," designed to nurture children and families impacted by disability. * * * Thanks to a $1.25M Lilly Endowment Grant, Wheaton College's Center for Faith and Disability will launch a five-year Thriving Faith Initiative in the spring of 2025, to be spearheaded by Dr. Thomas Boehm, founder and director of the Center. Whe more PR