During the buildup to the 2019 season finale, then-true freshman Coco Azema received a befuddling assignment from the Northwestern coaching staff. With his team toiling at 2-8 and sporting a winless conference record ahead of its rivalry clash at a bowl-eligible Illinois squad, the natural defensive...
City Council passed Evanston’s budget and tax levy for fiscal year 2025 at its Monday evening meeting, with property taxes set to remain flat for another year. The revised budget presented at the meeting totaled about $395.6 million for expenditures and operating transfers out — a decrease of about $3.3 million from the original proposal. The plan incorporates a menu of options to generate about $1.5 million in revenue, reducing the amount of money extracted from the city’s General Fund from about $12.6 million to $11.1 million. Additionally, the new budget fixes an accounting error tied to Northwestern’s Good Neighbor Fund and integrates the revised cost of the city’s Capital Improvement...
