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As a growing number of states embrace the use of mobile driver’s licenses, lawmakers are once again looking to move legislation that would give the government more of a role in the development of digital identity ecosystems.
Since 2014, the University of St. Francis’s (USF) Business Incubator has supported economic growth in the Will County region by fostering new business development. In 2023, the USF College of Business & Health Administration successfully launched a Small Business Accelerator with a $500,000 U.S. Small Business Administration FY23 Congressional Community Project Grant supported by U.S. Congressman Bill Foster (D-Ill.) to contribute a next level of regional business support.
The indigenous Meskwaki, referred by early French explorers as The Fox, believed the first humans were sculpted by the creator out of the same red clay forming the banks of the river now bearing their name. From Waukesha, Wisconsin, downstream 202 meandering miles to Ottawa, Illinois, volunteers gather annually providing stewardship and appreciation for the river that continues to provide.
The site was home to the world’s first kiloton-scale underground neutrino observatory.
Each year, the American Physical Society recognizes significant landmarks in physics history through its historic sites initiative. In a ceremony on Aug. 27, the Society designated the Morton Salt Mine in Painesville, Ohio as the latest historic site in recognition of its importance as the home of the Irvine-Michigan-Brookhaven detector, the world’s first kiloton-scale underground neutrino observatory.
At a ceremony on Monday, Kane County officials formally accepted a federal grant of nearly $1 million to help build a regional forensics laboratory.
The goals of the Kane County Forensic Laboratory are to rapidly generate leads for criminal investigations, streamline the process of obtaining information for pending court cases and determine cause of death in a timely manner for grieving families, according to a presentation given at the ceremony.
In several parts of Asia, the harvest season is celebrated with the Moon Festival. Last Saturday, Pacifica Square in Aurora held its own version.
Dozens of vendors set up tents for face painting, food, and art, while different organizations took the opportunity to reach out to their communities.
The Moon Festival tradition brings people together
“The Moon Festival has always been about unity and celebration,” said Eddie Ni, CEO of Windfall Group. “The tradition brings us together and closer.”
From behind the scenes to the floor of Chicago’s United Center, volunteers, delegates and elected officials representing Naperville and DuPage County made the rounds on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
They basked in the fervor, helped the hubbub run and exuded local pride.
Oh, and there was some wonder, too. At the experience itself and the company they found themselves in.
Creating an inclusive financial system will require effective ways to verify people’s identities and prevent fraud. A recent event from the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program (Aspen FSP) discussed the role of digital identity in the financial system and the state of identity in the United States. Special attention was given to mobile driving licenses (mDLs) which have been spreading across the U.S.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is leading a push for USDA to boost the percentage of conservation funds sent to Illinois to match the state’s status as a top farming state.
In a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Durbin, D-Springfield, and a dozen others from Illinois’ congressional delegation, said the state receives a “disproportionate” share of funds from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) for critical farm conservation initiatives.
In response to the address Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered to Congress Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Bill Foster denounced the leader’s actions in Israel’s war in Gaza as “incompetent, self-destructive and anti-democratic.”
The Naperville Democrat attended the speech — which prompted boycotts by many top Democratic lawmakers and drew thousands to the U.S. Capitol to protest Israel’s war with Hamas — out of respect “for the country of Israel and its people at a particularly challenging moment,” he said in a statement following the address.