Saturday - April 19, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Thursday April 03, 2025 ( 6 items )  

AANA Announces New Rm8 Innovation Lab Partnership With MedServe
ROSEMONT, Illinois, April 3 -- The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology issued the following news release: * * * AANA Announces New Rm8 Innovation Lab Partnership with MedServe The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) is pleased to announce MedServe as a Rm8 Innovation Lab partner. Through Rm8, healthcare startups are able to transform ideas into scalable and profitable solutions that advance healthcare and patient outcomes. MedServe is transforming narcotic managemen  more

ABA Issues Formal Opinion 516 Re: Terminating Representation Without "Material Adverse Effect"
CHICAGO, Illinois, April 3 -- The American Bar Association issued the following news release: * * * ABA issues Formal Opinion 516 Re: Terminating representation without "material adverse effect" CHICAGO, April 2, 2025 -- The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released today a formal opinion that provides guidance to lawyers seeking to end a representation under Rule 1.16(b)(1). The opinion addresses the meaning of the rule's phrase "material   more

CTU House of Delegates Sends Historic Tentative Agreement to Full Member Vote
CHICAGO, Illinois, April 3 -- Chicago Teachers Union issued the following news release: * * * CTU House of Delegates sends historic tentative agreement to full member vote Everyone wins with this contract: students, educators, parents, and all Chicagoans In a special meeting of the elected members of the Chicago Teachers Union, the roughly 700 member House of Delegates reviewed and resoundingly approved the tentative agreement reached by its Big Bargaining Team earlier this week. "Everyone   more

Illinois Commerce Commission Approves $254 million investment in clean transportation
WASHINGTON, April 2 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Illinois Commerce Commission Approves $254 million investment in clean transportation SPRINGFIELD, IL \- On March 27, 2025, the Illinois Commerce Commission approved "Beneficial Electrification Plans" ("BE Plans") for the state's two largest utilities, Commonwealth Edison ("ComEd") and Ameren Illinois, that will invest approximately $254 million in transportation electrification in Illinois  more

NCTE: Take Action to Preserve Humanities Education
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, April 3 -- The National Council of Teachers of English issued the following news release: * * * NCTE: Take Action to Preserve Humanities Education The presidential administration reportedly intends to gut the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), substantially reducing its staff, cutting grant programs, and rescinding grants that have already been awarded. NCTE strongly supports NEH and, as a result, was recently active on Capitol Hill sharing how NEH positively a  more

NMMA Submits Public Comment Urging Thoughtful Approach to Copper Tariffs
CHICAGO, Illinois, April 2 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association posted the following news release: * * * NMMA Submits Public Comment Urging Thoughtful Approach to Copper Tariffs On April 1, NMMA submitted official comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce in response to its request for public input on the Section 232 national security investigation into imports of copper and copper derivative products. The letter, addressed to Secretary Howard Lutnick, und  more