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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

Ald. Jonathan Nieuwsma (4th) sits at a wooden desk and wears a dark suit jacket.

City Council votes to add $1 first-hour parking fee in city garages, excluding Sundays

November 10, 2021

City Council voted unanimously to eliminate free parking for the first hour in city-owned garages Monday through Saturday at its Monday meeting.  People will need to pay $1 for the first hour of garage...

Illustration of houses and apartment buildings with lit-up windows in pinks and blues, set against a pink-and-blue skyline of skyscrapers.

District 65, city officials react to IGA snub in final TIF vote

November 5, 2021

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and the city both commented this week on the exclusion of an intergovernmental agreement from the recent passage of a tax increment financing district in the city’s...

City officials sit at the dais, from left to right: Ald. Melissa Wynne, Ald. Jonathan Nieuwsma, Interim City Manager Kelley Gandurski, Mayor Daniel Biss, City Clerk Stephanie Mendoza, Ald. Bobby Burns.

City Council discusses hot-button issues in 2022 proposed budget

November 3, 2021

City Council discussed the 2022 proposed budget Monday night, diving into hot-button issues like Robert Crown Community Center maintenance costs, citywide understaffing and beach payments for Evanston...

An Evanston Fire Department employee bandages a community member after administering a COVID-19 vaccine dose at a city vaccination event.

City Council retains COVID-19 response staff with ARPA funds, delays other allocations

November 3, 2021

City Council voted unanimously Monday to allocate more than half a million dollars in federal funding to retain the Health & Human Services Department’s COVID-19 response staff. The department...

Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) sits behind the dais in the City Council chamber.

One year in, Alternative Emergency Response Subcommittee works with state toward alternative 911 call responses

November 2, 2021

One year after its establishment, the Alternative Emergency Response Subcommittee will begin working with the state to implement a plan for alternate responders to address behavioral- and mental-health...

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