Many options to spend $43 million in ARPA funds
By Bob Seidenberg Workforce development, hazard pay for employees, and climate action strategies are among the items on the table…
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Staff revision returns citizens to decision-making role on ethics cases
By Bob Seidenberg Citizens would once again be given a role deciding ethics violations brought against public officials, based on…
Handling of lifeguard complaint was ‘a serious institutional failure,’ says Mayor Biss
By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com The City of Evanston’s past handling of charges of sexual harassment and abuse brought by female…
Staff shortages slow Evanston restaurants road to recovery
By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com Gina Speckman, executive director of the Chicago North Shore Convention & Visitors Bureau, had led off…
City may look to federal stimulus money to reduce reliance on debt funding
By Bob Seidenberg rseiden914@gmail.com The $43.1 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds Evanston is receiving to assist its…
Evanston Mayoral candidate Lori Keenan to Council members on Ethics Board criticism: ‘You can’t keep just blaming citizens’
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston Mayoral candidate Lori Keenan spoke out Monday night about recent City Council members criticism leveled against…
State Board of Elections slashes late filing fines against Devon Reid, cites ‘mitigating circumstances’
By Bob Seidenberg The State Board of Elections has greatly reduced the late filing penalties that office was seeking from…
Covid cases hitting younger residents
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston residents, age 29 and under, are getting hit particularly hard in the resurgence of the Covid-19…
Evanston City Clerk Devon Reid opens campaign to make run for 8th Ward aldermanic seat
By Bob Seidenberg Devon Reid, only 24 at the time, ran an against-the-odds race when he was elected as Evanston’s…
Evanston Dempster-Main owners voice property tax concerns in meeting with Assessor
By Bob Seidenberg Evanston property and business owners in the Main-Dempster Street business area, some facing blistering property tax increases…