ONE new exhibition ranks Illinois first among 11 Midwestern states for the amount of clean power under construction and second for new clean power capacity.The American Clean Energy Association said wind, solar and energy storage currently provide nearly 14 percent of the electricity generated in Illinois, potentially powering more than 3 million homes with clean energy.Jeff Danielson, vice president of advocacy for the Illinois Clean Grid Association, said some of the benefits of clean energy end up in consumers' pockets.”There's a climate benefit, but there's also an economic benefit,” Danielson explained. “When you add low-cost energy to the grid, that…
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[ News ]September 20, 2021 6:00 am ET By Albert Kwan Sun Country Airlines has revamped its inflight menu to include several new food and beverage options sourced from local Midwestern brands. The Minneapolis-based company recently partnered with Caribou Coffee, Fulton Brewing and Dot's Pretzels, all Minnesota-based companies, as part of its new initiative to offer a more Midwest experience to travelers on its flights. In addition to a Midwest-sourced food and beverage program, Sun Country also screens 15 Minnesota-themed movies and TV shows as part of its complimentary onboard offerings. Travelers will be able to enjoy titles such as…
History links ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis University and Bally Sports Midwest announced today that 12 Billiken men's basketball games will be carried on the network during the 2023-24 season. Scott Warmann and Alexa Datt will share the play-by-play duties. This will be Datt's first season as a member of the Billiken broadcast team. Billiken Hall of Famer Scott Highmark returns as an analyst. The deal with Bally Sports Midwest was reached on behalf of SLU by athletics media rights holder Learfield's Billikens Sports Properties. All games shown on Bally Sports Midwest will also be streamed on the…
Construction is underway on a new 30,000-square-foot medical plaza in south Overland Park. HCA Midwest is building a new two-story medical plaza at the corner of 138th and Metcalf. The facility is scheduled to open in early summer or late fall. The new medical plaza for family care and women's health at Corbin Park will open later this summer or early fall. Above, the location at 138th and Metcalf. Photo by Lucie Krisman. The medical plaza will focus on family care and women's health The family health center will occupy the first floor and the women's health center on the…
Freezing winter weather blanketed the US on Saturday as a wave of arctic storms threatened to break record low temperatures in the heartland, spread cold and snow from coast to coast and dump cold on everything. football playoffs to presidential campaigns .As the three-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend began, the weather forecast was a maddening quilt of color-coded advisories, from an ice storm warning in Oregon to a blizzard warning in the northern plains to high wind warnings in New Mexico .Governors from New York to Louisiana warned residents to be prepared for worrisome weather. “All in all,…
Jullien Gordon, founding partner of New Higher, says on stage at TEDxYouth@Midwest, “Our generation has two choices, we can hope or we can hustle.” Earlier this month, 450 Chicago public school sophomores, plus 120 of their teachers, packed into the city's Harris Theater for TEDxYouth@Midwestan event that is all about inspiring, motivating and empowering the youth of a city known for youth gun violence, but full of so much more — culture, history, educators and students who are dedicated to helping their city to thrive. Chicago Public Schools have been in the news lately. 54 schools in the city they…
Reading time: 4 minutes Smoke from Canada's wildfires that turned skies along the East Coast a sickly yellow also brought air quality warnings across much of the Midwest this week. State health agencies warned people with heart and lung conditions to reduce outdoor exposure. More bad air days are likely to come — not only are fires burning to the west in Alberta and Saskatchewan and to the east in Quebec, but new fires have broken out in Ontario, just north of Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Air Pollution Control Agency's qualitative meteorologist David Brown. The next plume could arrive…
Gainbridge Fieldhouse of the future Indianapolis BEST WORK Submitted by: Shiel Sexton Co. Owner: Capital Improvement Board of Indianapolis Leading design firm: Populous General Contractor: Shiel Sexton Co. Structural engineer: Fink Roberts Petrie Civil engineer: Shrewsberry & Associates MEP Engineer: Henderson Engineers Home of the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever, Gainbridge Fieldhouse is an iconic arena in professional basketball and Indiana's most widely used venue, hosting sports, concerts and special events throughout the year. Aimed at improving the fan experience, the three-year, three-phase modernization included the construction of an all-season…
LINCOLN, Neb. and new York, December 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Midwest Holding Inc. (“Midwest”) (NASDAQ: MDWT), a technology-driven life and annuity platform, and Antarctica Capital (“Antarctic”), an alternative asset management company, today announced the completion of the acquisition of Midwest by a subsidiary of it Antarctic. Georgette NikolaouCEO of Midwest, said: “Today marks the beginning of a new chapter for Midwest and we are excited to partner with Antarctic team to take full advantage of our market opportunities and drive future growth. This transaction was made possible by the outstanding contributions of our employees and partners, and we look forward…
Bella Rios '19 and Daniel Anaforian '19 presented their senior theses at the annual Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago. They wrote their papers for the senior seminar of Dr. Naomi Levy on Comparative Identity Politics Fall 2018. Bella's paper, “Indigenous Land Rights and Environmental Policy in Peru” examines the political and social disempowerment of indigenous communities by applying Will Kymlicka's theory of minority rights . Daniel's paper, titled, “A Life of Turmoil: Using Social Identity Theory to Explain the Situation in Xinjiang” analyzes the tensions between China's Uyghur minority population and China's Han ethnic identity using a social psychological…