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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


Politics

Timothy Schoolmaster, wearing a blue jacket, holds a microphone with a group of men, including one man in a police uniform, behind him.

City Council supports fully funding pensions, motor fuel tax increase

November 15, 2022

Continuing its 2023 budget negotiations, City Council voiced support for fully funding the city’s police and fire pension debt and voted to raise Evanston’s motor fuel tax by one cent in the revised...

A man in a suit sits behind a wooden desk and talks into a microphone, with a blue wall and two flags behind him.

City Council greenlights annual $1 million of real estate transfer tax funds for reparations

November 15, 2022

City Council voted early Tuesday morning to allocate $1 million of real estate transfer tax revenues annually over the next 10 years to fund its reparations program. The funds will come from the transfer...

Mayor Daniel Biss stands facing University of Chicago Prof. Adam Green.

Mayor Daniel Biss talks town-gown relations at Northwestern, UChicago event

November 15, 2022

Mayor Daniel Biss spoke about the complexities of Northwestern’s economic, cultural and political relationship with the Evanston community Monday afternoon. About 15 students, faculty, staff and community...

Blue silhouettes stand on a sphere labeled "A crisis of care." White eyes hover above the image.

In Focus: Albany Care’s residents report violence and medical mistreatment. But many may have nowhere else to go

November 14, 2022

Content warning: This article contains discussion of medical mistreatment, assault, suicidal ideation and racism. Peter Basquin moved out of one Chicago-area residential mental health care facility...

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‘Workers Rights Amendment,’ still too close to call

November 9, 2022

An Illinois amendment that may enshrine collective bargaining rights in the state constitution on Tuesday is still too close to call.  The legislation, dubbed the ‘Workers Rights Amendment’ among...

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