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Both children, who were conceived with the help of sperm donors, had one legal parent prior to the ruling. Now, the kids have two legal parents, allowing them to have rights involved with insurance coverage, inheritance, child support, and death benefits from both Kat and Teresa. The ability to adopt the children has also provided the Rileys with greater responsibilities and rights.

Dane County Circuit Judge Shelley Gaylord approved the Riley family’s adoptions. According to a transcript of the closed hearing, Gaylord said she was bound to recognize the same-sex marriage as constitutionally valid.

Although Wisconsin has a same-sex marriage ban, the couple was married in Iowa. Gaylord said Kat and Teresa’s marriage had to be considered constitutionally valid because Wisconsin’s state Constitution has a full faith and credit clause, which requires states to honor each other’s laws.

Wisconsin is one out of 31 states that still has a ban on gay marriage, which is not all that surprising, considering how tricky it is for governments to revise and amend such laws. A state constitution can only be revised or amended via a constitutional convention, a commission-referred amendment process, an initiated constitutional amendment, or a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. What’s more, legal English is often tricky and complicated, having much of its terminology derived from Latin.

Given enough time, it’s more than likely that additional states will legalize gay marriages, but until, many same sex couples will have to work around them, as the Riley family and other couples in Wisconsin are.

That’s not even the end of the good news. Over 97% of entrepreneurs in Chicago expect their revenue to stay the same or increase in the next six months, while 33% said their access to capital increased. The rest answered that it remained the same. None said that it decreased.

Fully 91% of Chicago entrepreneurs reported a belief that the U.S. economy will remain the same or improve in the next six months, and 97% said they’d start a new business in today’s economic environment.

The numbers didn’t surprise Andrea Herrera, president of the Entrepreneur Organization’s Chicago chapter. “I believe [the survey] says that we are very positive and encouraged about Chicago’s potential for economic growth,” she told the Chicago Tribune. “Two or three years ago it was much more static.”

Herrera is an entrepreneur herself. She founded Chicago-based catering company Amazing Edibles, and currently serves as the company’s president.

The Entrepreneur Organization, which conducts the survey every six months, is a global network based in Virginia that includes 120 chapters and over 8,000 business owners around the world.

Adam Robinson, another member of the group, told the Chicago Tribune that “you’ve got an economy that’s recovering, perhaps slower than some people would like. But it’s recovering. People are seeing more demand out there. Consumer-driven businesses are growing.”

Robinson is the CEO of Hireology, a Chicago-based company founded in 2010. His business started this year with 15 employees and will end with around 80. The company creates and distributes software to assist decentralized companies with hiring practices.

Software solutions like Robinson’s stimulate businesses in several ways. They assist in the growth and functionality of companies of all sizes and even create new business niches like software asset management, which tracks software inventory and licenses to help companies stay in legal compliance and negotiate for new software solutions.

“When we’re growing,” Robinson pointed out, “It’s because our customers are hiring.”

As health officials await test results that will confirm the exact number of cases that involve EV-D68, hospital emergency rooms continue to see a steady stream of children experiencing symptoms associated with the illness.

In an effort to contain the illness, several suburban hospitals are restricting visitors under the age of 18, or those of any age experiencing flu-like symptoms, according to hospital officials.

Though respiratory symptoms may be caused by a variety of viruses, health officials are carefully monitoring what seems to be a sudden increase in the EV-D68 strain. EV-D86 is one out of more than 100 enteroviruses, a group of infections causing a variety of symptoms that affect an estimated 15 million Americans annually.

Similar to other enteroviruses, the majority of EV-D68 cases cause mild, flu-like symptoms that typically resolve on their own. In some cases, however, patients experience difficulty breathing that requires immediate medical attention and treatment. Though the majority of EV-D68 cases involve children under the age of 18, it is possible for adults to contract the virus as well.

In recent weeks, 82 cases of the virus have been officially confirmed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of confirmed cases spans over six states, and includes 11 cases in Chicago.

According to health officials, the most effective way to prevent the spread of the disease is quite simple: practice good hygiene. This includes thoroughly wiping down surfaces with hot, soapy water, covering coughs and sneezes with one’s elbow, and proper hand washing. As the virus has mainly affected children, officials are encouraging parents and schools to discuss hygiene techniques with their children.

It appears that the spread of the virus shows no signs of slowing down. As such, hospital emergency rooms can possibly pose a threat due to the highly contagious nature of the virus, and may be dangerous until the virus can be contained. Therefore, urgent care centers are a viable option for treatment of non-life-threatening conditions.

Over the course of the last decade, urgent care centers have become one of the fastest growing segments in the American healthcare industry, and continue to bridge the gap between hospital emergency rooms and primary care physician offices. Nearly half (48%) of adult emergency room patients who were not sick enough to be admitted to the hospital sought treatment at an emergency room because their physicians’ offices were closed, according to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Urgent care centers continue to ease the burden on hospital emergency rooms and physician offices, while providing patients with affordable, convenient, and quality medical care.

After driving into the store, the male driver then fled on foot.

Junior A. Espinal, 32, has been charged with driving without a license, leaving the scene of an accident and failing to provide his information to the owner of the damaged property, according to the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office.

Using a description of the suspect, police searched the area and found Espinal. Espinal claimed that his car’s brake pedal stuck as he was driving up to the 7-Eleven.

No injuries were reported, police said.

There have also been no estimates on the amount of damage caused to either the car or store, or regarding what repairs will cost.

Photos from the scene show broken glass, some twisted metal, and scattered snacks knocked off racks. The back of the car looks virtually intact, but photos do not show the car’s front in order to estimate damage.

Automatic vehicles provide fewer options than manuals when accelerator and decelerator pedals become stuck. Additionally, drivers often panic when they do not receive an instantaneous response from pressing on their pedals.

Engine and transmission problems are among the most expensive types of auto repairs in the U.S.

Lombard, known as “The Lilac Village,” is a suburb located about 20 miles west of Chicago.

The number one moving destination in the country this summer turned out to be Chicago.

From May to August, which is generally the busiest part of the moving season, Chicago saw almost 47% more families moving in than it did moving out, though the city is still number six on the list for most outbound moves. Still, considerably more people were moving to the city than moving out, and it was still the most popular moving destination in the country.

Other Midwestern cities have seen similar population booms, like St. Louis and Minneapolis. Many of the new arrivals were millennials.

The survey showed that over 70% of families moving to top destination cities like Chicago, Washington, Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, Dallas, Phoenix and New York were doing so because of a corporate transfer or a new job.

Since Mayor Emanuel took office, 99 companies have opened offices in Chicago and 27 companies have opened corporate headquarters there. Site Selection magazine named Chicago the top corporate relocation metro in North America earlier this year, and the city gained over 5,800 residents in 2013, making it the third consecutive year of population growth for the Windy City after over 10 years of decline.

“United’s survey shows that our efforts to build the Chicago of tomorrow by investing in a diverse and highly educated workforce and recruitment of new businesses are having an impact,” Mayor Emanuel said in the announcement.

“Chicago’s population is growing, our tech and healthcare sectors are thriving, and we continue to build out our legacy of financial and professional service industries, all the while focusing resources on neighborhoods across the City to ensure that all Chicago residents have access to the benefits that this economic growth provides.”

The report cites the growing need for UPS services, which are driven by warehouses and, in turn, forklifts, around the globe. A possible challenge that could inhibit growth is the possibility of market explosion, which will inevitably lead to a significant decline shortly after, Whatech.com reports.

Lead-acid batteries are an attractive option to warehouse operators as a source of power for forklifts because the batteries, which contain lead electrodes in combination with diluted sulfuric acid that performs the role of an electrolyte, effectively generates about two volts per cell. Despite their low energy-to-weight and energy-to-volume ratios, lead-acid batteries supply a huge amount of power to keep forklifts mobile, the Whatech.com article states.

These batteries are also rechargeable — and if each battery is never allowed to run below 20% charge, the batteries can have a lifespan of up to five years, another attractive factor for warehouse operators.

The Global Industrial Lead Acid Battery Market study examined four distinct end-user sectors for lead-acid batteries: Industrial Forklift Trucks, Telecom, UPS, and Others, according to Whatech.com. The study also looked at the variances in usage throughout different global regions.

Bob Hattenhauer, like most people, was drawn to the effects of the movie. Unlike most people, however, this Jeep-enthusiast wasn’t attracted to the dinosaurs in the movie — he was looking at the four-wheeled automobiles.

“My first thought was I have to build a Jeep like those in the movie,” said Hattenhauer in an interview with the Daily Herald. Hattenhauer, who lives in Chicago, already had a Jeep, but he wanted to start the project with a new surface to work on. He was specifically aiming for a 1994 Wrangler, Sahara Edition, like the ones used in the movie. Sadly, most of the movie’s cars are no longer around — of the remaining two, one was refinished, and another is on display in Universal Studios.

Hattenhauer didn’t have a lot of money, as a mechanical engineering student, but he made it work. The car was cheap since it had been involved in a head-on collision. He poured his free time into overhauling the car and building it back up piece by piece, watching the movie multiple times to, as Hattenhauer says, “make sure the specs were right.”

Gearing up the Jeep to match the original involved multiple intricate tasks, including replacing all the gaskets and seals. Once the internal components of the Jeep were assembled, Hattenhauer went to work on re-creating the iconic outside of the vehicle. He painted red stripes on the side, added a CB radio antenna, fog lights, and the official graphics from the Jurassic Park movie. Drivers who want to replicate this non-permanently can use vinyl wraps, which often have the appearance of paint.

Hattenhauer finally finished the Jeep in March 2012, and it’s now an offloading vehicle he enjoys using. For several months, he used it for his daily commute, and the car even made an appearance at his wedding. Not surprisingly, the vehicle has gotten him a lot of attention wherever he goes.

“Everyone looks in the rearview mirror to see if a T-Rex is behind it,” jokes Hattenhauer about spectator reactions. Hattenhauer, as it turns out, isn’t the only hardcore enthusiast — online, the website JurassicJeep has documented three others who have converted, or are converting, Jeeps into Jurassic Jeeps.