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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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The Daily Northwestern’s Policy Guide to Evanston’s 8th Ward Aldermanic Candidates

March 25, 2021

Eighth Ward aldermanic candidates Devon Reid and Matthew Mitchell are advancing to the April 6 general election, after capturing more votes than 38-year Council member Ald. Ann Rainey (8th) in the February...

Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th). Aldermen passed a restorative housing reparations program by an 8-1 vote Monday, with Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) opposing.

City Council passes the country’s first reparations program for Black residents

March 23, 2021

Evanston’s City Council voted 8-1 to implement the Restorative Housing Reparations program Monday, with Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) opposing.  The program will become the first material action on reparations...

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Ald. Fleming to vote against the Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program

March 22, 2021

Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) announced Friday she will vote against the housing reparations initiative at Monday’s City Council meeting. Fleming is the first alderman to publicly announce opposition to...

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Conservative D.C. lawyer denounces Evanston reparations proposal as “unconstitutional”

March 21, 2021

A conservative lawyer and activist from Washington, D.C. sent a letter to Mayor Steve Hagerty and City Council Thursday that denounced the city's current reparations proposal as “unconstitutional”...

Evanston residents can now get vaccinated at mass vaccination sites throughout Cook County and Illinois.

Cook County mass vaccination sites open registration for Evanston residents

March 18, 2021

Eligible Evanston residents can sign up for appointments at Cook County and Illinois mass vaccination sites with slots opening as early as this Friday at noon for residents in Phase 1B, according to a...

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