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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


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Though she voted in favor of the coronavirus relief package, U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) criticized the bill, calling it “far from perfect.”

Here’s how Illinois elected officials are pushing for coronavirus legislation

May 3, 2020

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Evanston’s elected officials at the federal and local levels have been at the forefront of pushing for legislation to aid their constituents. U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky...

Former Vice President Joe Biden at a rally in Virginia before Super Tuesday. Biden is the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democratic Party for the 2020 election, but COVID-19 has affected the way Biden, and other candidates, will have to campaign.

Amid an uncertain election cycle, organizers move campaigning online

April 26, 2020

Voter turnout in the 2018 Illinois Democratic primary was up 300 percent from the 2014 primary, and November 2018 saw the highest Illinois voter turnout for a midterm election since 1990. But the novel...

The Ripple: Adapting to the New Normal

The Ripple: Adapting to the New Normal

April 9, 2020

As COVID-19 shakes our world, small businesses still find ways to continue on with closed storefronts. Local governments are doing what they can to help, but many businesses are looking to the federal...

U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Western Springs), left, and two-time challenger Marie Newman. Newman defeated the incumbent Lipinksi in the Democratic primary for Illinois’ Third Congressional district on Tuesday.

Building a movement: How two-time Congressional hopeful Marie Newman unseated eight-term incumbent Dan Lipinski

March 24, 2020

When Marie Newman lost the 2018 Democratic primary for Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District, she promised she would return. She fell to incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Western Springs), who is...

Democratic Presidential hopeful Joe Biden takes the stage with his wife, Jill, and sister, Valerie, right, during a campaign rally at the Baldwin Hills Recreation Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Biden declared victory in the Illinois presidential primary on March 17.

Joe Biden wins primary in Illinois, Suburban Cook County

March 18, 2020

Former Vice President Joe Biden won the Democratic presidential primary in Suburban Cook County, the Cook County Clerk’s Office reported. Biden secured the nomination with 62.71 percent of the suburban...

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