Only months after capping its second-most successful fundraising campaign in fiscal year 2024, Northwestern turned to the debt market in March, borrowing an additional $500 million in taxable fixed rate bonds. Weeks later, as the University now stares down a $790 million federal funding freeze, the...
With seven contested City Council races and a highly competitive battle for mayor, Evanston candidates urged their supporters to take to the polls on April 1. According to recently released official data from the Cook County Clerk’s office, they did — in droves. This month’s municipal elections drew more voters than the last cycle in every race. Each ward saw between a one and 16 percentage point increase in voter turnout compared to 2021, with some wards’ turnout rates increasing by nearly 30 percentage points over the past three cycles. The 6th Ward saw the largest turnout in April, with more than half of its registered voters casting a ballot. The ward historically has the...
