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Ford Philanthropy, the Governors Highway Safety Association and the Illinois Department of Transportation will host free Ford Driving Skills for Life training for teens June 27-28 in Matteson, Ill. The clinics come ahead of the NASCAR Cup Series…

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Tashera White has joined the cast of Jeremy Eden’s upcoming film Hello, Apocalypse, a sci-fi comedy-horror project set to begin principal photography Oct. 10 in Oswego, Illinois.

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The National Collaborative for Health Equity released a policy paper on Juneteenth in Washington that catalogs five years of local and state actions advancing racial healing and health equity.

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The Ukrainian National Women’s League of America will join the inaugural MoLoKo Ukrainian Festival in Chicago on June 27-28 to raise money for medical supplies for hospitals treating wounded Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.

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Stephen L. Keller has released Pay to Play, a memoir that recounts the rise and collapse of his role in the life settlements industry and his later redemption.

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HERBSOCIAL will bring Ohio Valley Wrestling to its Lawrenceville dispensary on June 27 with a free, 21-plus live event open to the community.

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Command Strategies has appointed Phil Callihan as director of its new Government Support Division, expanding the firm’s focus on programmatic support, digital modernization and defense systems integration.

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Skills for Chicago received a $225,000 grant from the Richard L. Duchossois Foundation to launch the first phase of a military-to-civilian career initiative using its Career Highways platform.

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United Planet named new officers for its Board of Directors on Oct. 1, 2026, tapping Michael Steinberg as chair, Amy Kemmerer as treasurer and João Chagas as secretary.

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Republic Bank of Chicago has chosen Kobalt Labs to modernize third-party risk and compliance work, starting with vendor management and annual policy reviews.

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Melt-to-Make is putting co-founder Sarah McLaughlin on a growing 2026 conference circuit focused on cannabis manufacturing standards and CPG-style consistency.

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J. David Tax Law has opened a Chicago office at 939 W North Ave, Suite 750, to handle IRS and Illinois tax debt matters for Cook County taxpayers.

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J. Bradley Hilton, chairman of the Hilton Family Office, will speak in Chicago on June 10 at DC Finance’s annual family office and high net worth conference.

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A new side-by-side analysis from ThatCarHitMe.com finds New York City had more than twice as many traffic deaths as Chicago in 2025, even though Chicago reported more crashes.

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Laura Harding, Esq. has been appointed to the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies by Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie.

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The Mesothelioma Victims Center is urging families of school and hospital maintenance workers diagnosed with mesothelioma or asbestos-related lung cancer to call 866-714-6466 for lawyer referrals.

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Author and veteran journalist David Benjamin is leaning into the politics of small-town suspicion in his six-book Jim Otis Crime Series, set in Hercules, Wisconsin.

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Applied Communications Group has become a Genetec dealer, giving the Schaumburg-based firm a broader unified security platform to sell and support across Chicagoland and Northern Illinois.

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Unicycive Therapeutics named biopharma executive Meredith Manning to its Board of Directors on Oct. 2, 2026, as the company pushes its kidney-disease pipeline toward potential approval and a commercial launch.

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The Business Research Company says the mixed xylene market is on track to grow from $65.13 billion in 2025 to $83.25 billion by 2030, driven by demand from automotive production, paints and coatings, and infrastructure spending.