WOOD DALE, Illinois, March 24 -- AAR, a provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, issued the following news release: * * * AAR awarded $450 million in pallet contracts for U.S. Air Force AAR CORP. (NYSE: AIR), a leading provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, MROs, and OEMs, announced the U.S. Air Force recently awarded the Company two major pallet contracts with a combined value of up to approximately $450 million. Under a sole-sour more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Abbott, Chicago, Illinois, submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding proposed policy changes to the Medicare Advantage program for contract year 2027. The letter centers on improving well-being and nutrition within the program and responding to CMS's call for input on tools and incentives to support optimal nutrition and preventive care for beneficiaries. Abbott emphasized the importance of nutrition in managing chronic d more ST

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 25 -- The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education issued the following news: * * * Recorded Sessions from the 2026 Annual Educational Conference Now Available The ACGME has released select session recordings from the 2026 Annual Educational Conference, held February 20-22 in San Diego, California. These videos are now available in the ACGME's digital learning platform, Learn at ACGME, offering educators, coordinators, residents and fellows, and institutio more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Baxter International Inc., a global medical products company based in Deerfield, Illinois, submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) urging the agency to retain the Diabetes Care-Eye Exam (Part C) measure in the Medicare Advantage Star Ratings program for contract year 2027. Baxter's letter expressed concerns about CMS's proposal to remove the measure from the quality reporting program, emphasizing potential negative impacts o more ST

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Nick Garthwaite, a dairy farmer from rural Illinois, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury expressing his support for finalizing the proposed 45Z regulations as currently written. The letter emphasizes the importance of these rules for dairy producers and the broader rural communities they serve, highlighting the critical role that energy policy plays in agricultural operations. In his letter, Garthwaite outlined the tight margins and l more ST

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Eureka-Goodfield Fire Protection District in Illinois has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) addressing concerns over the disproportionately high copayments charged to Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollees for ground ambulance services. The Illinois-based fire protection district, which serves multiple communities and provides emergency and interfacility transport, highlights the financial burden on MA enrollees compare more ST

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Foster Statement on DHS Funding Vote * Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement: "As I have said throughout this DHS shutdown, I will vote NO on any funding for ICE that does not include serious reforms. "After Operation Midway Blitz and the killing of two Americans in Minneapolis, it is clear that ICE is poorly trained and unaccountable. Republicans more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 27 -- The Loyola University Chicago issued the following news release: * * * Get to know Jamie Wittenberg, dean of the University Libraries * Jamie Wittenberg, the new dean of the University Libraries, comes to Loyola University Chicago with a rich background in research data management and open scholarship, and brings a passion for integrating library resources into all aspects of academic life. Most recently at the University of Colorado Boulder, she ser ved as Ass more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 28 -- Littler, a law firm, issued the following commentary on March 27, 2026, by shareholder Michael R. Gotzler and associate Maria Palivos: * * * Court Declares "Interested Party" Provisions of the Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act Unconstitutional An Illinois state court judge has declared the "interested party" provisions of Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act ("the Act") unconstitutional, striking a blow to labor unions that advocated more PR

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Memorial Hospital of Chester, Illinois, submitted a public comment letter to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, expressing opposition to the proposed 340B Rebate Model Pilot Program. The hospital argues that replacing the longstanding upfront discount mechanism of the 340B program with a rebate model would impose excessive financial and administrative burdens that outweigh any potential benefi more ST

DOWNERS GROVE, Illinois, March 28 -- Midwestern University issued the following Q&A on March 27, 2026, involving Dani Sychowski, McKimmon Engelhardt: * * * CCOM Students Take Next Step in Careers with Residency Matches Among thousands of medical students placed during national residency match program * Students from Midwestern University's Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (CCOM) learned where they would begin the next phase of their medical careers on March 20, 2026. Later that day,  more PR

SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, March 23 -- Motorola Solutions issued the following news release: * * * Motorola Solutions Showcases Enterprise Intelligence and Operational Resilience at ISC West 2026 Expanded ecosystem brings agentic AI solutions to vertical-specific safety and compliance challenges * CHICAGO - Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) arrives at ISC West 2026 with a clear message for enterprise security leaders: the job of a modern security system is no longer just to watch. It is to underst more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science issued the following commentary: * * * Basic2Breakthrough: Making an Impact with Compact Superconducting Radiofrequency Accelerators Particle accelerator tech developed at the National Labs is spurring innovations such as compact, superconducting radiofrequency electron accelerators. The Basic to Breakthrough series chronicles how investments from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science at our National Laborat more PR

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Kelly condemns House Republicans' 60-day DHS funding bill * WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) condemned the Republican-passed stopgap bill that will fund the Department of Homeland Security at current levels for 60 days. The bill also funds U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. The 60-day continuing resolution is not expected to pass in the U.S. S more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, March 28 -- The International Society for Stem Cell Research issued the following news release on March 27, 2026: * * * Stem Cell Reports Named Official Conference Journal for "Latest Advances in Stem Cell-Based Disease Modelling and Drug Screening" The meeting takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark, 23-24 April 2026 * The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) announces that Stem Cell Reports, its official open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by Cell P more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, March 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan posted the following news release: * * * Team Rehab Physical Therapy agrees to pay nearly $5 Million to resolve False Claims Act allegations related to fraudulent billing scheme United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. announced today that Team Rehabilitation Services, LLC ("Team Rehab"), which operates approximately 140 physical therapy clinics in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and more PR