AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoClean Energy: DeKalb District 428 expects its first three school solar arrays to come online by year’s end, with projected savings of about $10 million over 20 years. Agricultural Research: University of Illinois researchers launched a four-year, $1.4 million study across nine counties to measure whether nitrogen inhibitors reduce fertilizer losses and pollution. AI and Forecasting: A UChicago team won a $10 million grant to advance AI weather forecasting for low- and middle-income economies. Quantum Computing: IBM’s most advanced quantum computer is now operating at UChicago’s Hyde Park Labs, bolstering Illinois’ growing quantum research hub. Tech and Public Safety: Flock Safety spent nearly $500,000 on Illinois campaigns as it pushes to expand its license-plate camera network; voters in several communities elsewhere rejected proposals for the surveillance technology. Nuclear Oversight: Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul urged federal regulators to slow a sweeping rewrite of nuclear rules, warning that rushed changes could weaken public-safety protections.
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