Reid’s $1.75 million plan to aid homeless goes to the Council
By Bob Seidenberg The city’s Human Services Committee backed a City Council member’s request of $1.75 million from the General Fund to bring…
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Council member’s leftover campaign funds will beautify Levy Center grounds
By Bob Seidenberg Former Eighth Ward Council Member Ann Rainey and her campaign team found a novel – and very…
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Downtown Evanston has a new Executive Director
Evanston, IL – The Executive Board of the Downtown Evanston SSA is pleased to welcome Andy Vick as our new…
City seeks to drop lawsuit against Fountain Square contractor
Motion allows ‘time for settlement discussions’ By Bob Seidenberg In a major twist in the longstanding Fountain Square saga, the…
Grand ballroom back in business
By Bob Seidenberg The Hilton Orrington/Evanston hotel’s grand ballroom, which sustained serious water damage at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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Recreation sites may have food on their menus in the future
By Bob Seidenberg Fleetwood-Jourdain, the Arrington Lagoon Picnic Shelter, James Park, the Clark Street Beach House, Robert Crown – most…
Timothy Schoolmaster (center) and other police and fire retirees celebrate after the Council's historic vote July 24 adopting a new pension policy.
Council commits to 100% funding of police, fire pensions by 2040
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston’s Public Safety pensions, at one time among the most underfunded in the state, will be placed…
City orders study to rid tap water of ‘forever chemicals’
By Bob Seidenberg A unanimous City Council voted July 24 to order a study of how to remove potentially harmful…
Council member Clare Kelly (to the right) charged that a motion filed Corporation Counsel Nicholas Cummings (right) circumvented a committee's authority.
Judge rules against motion to remove NU stadium parking parcel from purview of committee: Kelly
Corporation Counsel’s filing of motion to remove parcel was done “behind our backs, undermines trust,’, charges Council memberBy Bob Seidenberg…
No ethics violations on Margarita vote
Counsel finds neither Reid nor Revelle had a conflict of interest in the matter By Bob Seidenberg Evanston’s Special Ethics…