Bird-friendly design proposal flies through first hearing
By Bob Seidenberg Developers will be required for the first time to include bird friendly strategies in their designs, according…
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Evanston to wage own fight for reproductive rights at the local level
Evanston to wage fights own fight for reproductive rights at the local level By Bob Seidenberg Evanston will respond in…
Budget may be on track for surplus at end of the year
By Bob Seidenberg City budget revenues were looking âpretty stable, pretty strong,â at the mid-year mark, including some areas that were…
With filling shifts becoming a daily âhigh-wire act,â Evanston police moved to temporarily assign a popular unit
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston police scrambled to fill 12-hour shifts, making 47 hire backs of officers last month, leading up…
Council members could be flagged for bad behavior under proposed changes to ordinance
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston elected officials could be subject to official misconduct charges for inappropriate behavior under a recommendation from…
City parts company with lone finalist in city manager search
By Bob Seidenberg The city isnât moving forward with City of Urbana administrator Carol Mitten, the lone finalist in Evanstonâs…
Evanston city manager decision now in Councilâs hands
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members are next up, deciding where they stand on city of Urbana administrator Carol…
Evanston city manager finalist Carol Mitten says her strength is a sense of âthe big pictureâ
By Bob Seidenberg A lot had been said about City of Urbana administrator Carol Mitten since the City Council announced…
Message from the Mayor: Reflecting over the past two weeks
I’m shaken by two terrible events that happened in Evanston in the last few weeks. On the evening of July 14, a…
Staff proposes modernization plan for building that makes up âheart of city operationsâ
By Bob Seidenberg Evanstonâs Service Center, which holds the Public Works, Fleet Management, Parking Management and other city departments, is…