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  • Library officials have a firm in mind  to conduct a search for an interim Executive Director

    1 day ago1 day ago
  • With Kat making a strong run, Biss appears to be the unofficial winner of the 9th District Congressional District Democratic primary

    4 days ago3 days ago
  • Applications now open for Sustain Evanston program

    4 days ago4 days ago
  • Hotly-contested 9th Congressional District Democratic primary heads to voters

    5 days ago
  • Community members invited to vote on new dog park

    6 days ago
  • The man who would be mayor: Longtime leader Donald Borah dies at 85

    2 weeks ago2 weeks ago
  • ‘Reconciliation’ needed after Executive Library Director’s early departure from the position, suggests one member

    2 weeks ago2 weeks ago
  • Short-term rental overhaul passes on third try at City Council

    2 weeks ago
  • A strong advocate of shared costs with the city, Executive Library Director Yolande Wilburn to step down

    1 month ago1 month ago
  • Late-arriving property taxes lower city budget deficit estimate

    1 month ago1 month ago
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Evanston to wage own fight for reproductive rights at the local level

Bob4 years ago3 years ago03 mins

Evanston to wage fights own fight for reproductive rights at the local level By Bob Seidenberg Evanston will respond in…

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Budget may be on track for surplus at end of the year

Bob4 years ago3 years ago04 mins

By Bob Seidenberg City budget revenues were looking “pretty stable, pretty strong,” at the mid-year mark, including some areas that were…

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With filling shifts becoming a daily ‘high-wire act,’ Evanston police moved to temporarily assign a popular unit

Bob4 years ago3 years ago09 mins

By Bob Seidenberg Evanston police scrambled to fill 12-hour shifts, making 47 hire backs of officers last month, leading up…

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Council members could be flagged for bad behavior under proposed changes to ordinance

Bob4 years ago4 years ago03 mins

By Bob Seidenberg Evanston elected officials could be subject to official misconduct charges for inappropriate behavior under a recommendation from…

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City parts company with lone finalist in city manager search

Bob4 years ago3 years ago03 mins

By Bob Seidenberg The city isn’t moving forward with City of Urbana administrator Carol Mitten, the lone finalist in Evanston’s…

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Evanston city manager decision now in Council’s hands

Bob4 years ago4 years ago04 mins

By Bob Seidenberg Evanston City Council members are next up, deciding where they stand on city of Urbana administrator Carol…

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Evanston city manager finalist Carol Mitten says her strength is a sense of ‘the big picture’

Bob4 years ago4 years ago012 mins

By Bob Seidenberg  A lot had been said about City of Urbana administrator Carol Mitten since the City Council announced…

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Message from the Mayor: Reflecting over the past two weeks

Bob4 years ago4 years ago03 mins

I’m shaken by two terrible events that happened in Evanston in the last few weeks. On the evening of July 14, a…

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Staff proposes modernization plan for building that makes up ‘heart  of city  operations’

Bob4 years ago4 years ago04 mins

By Bob Seidenberg Evanston’s Service Center, which holds the Public Works, Fleet Management, Parking Management and other city departments, is…

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Now this is how you kick off GOTV weekend! Thank you so much to @ewarren, @janschakowsky, and the amazing supporters and volunteers that joined us this morning. 4 days to go, let's win this thing!! pic.twitter.com/eqC8SdTPiV

— Daniel Biss (@DanielBiss) March 13, 2026

Three days until the March 17 primary and @KatAbughazaleh's final message to her supporters is:

FU*K ICE!

FU*K AIPAC!

Does anyone really want this clinical moron representing Illinois in the U.S. House? pic.twitter.com/AWKX13XiGC

— Chicago Contrarian (@ChicagoContrar1) March 15, 2026

In 3 days, you’ll decide who you trust to represent you in Congress.I’ve spent my career standing up to insurance companies, protecting mental health care, and fighting for safer communities. Now I’m ready to bring that fight to Washington for the 9th District. But I can’t do it… pic.twitter.com/gQUnEEcsIp

— Laura Fine for Congress (@laurafineforIL9) March 15, 2026

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— evanstonscribe (@evanstonscribe) March 11, 2026