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House Speaker Michael Madigan's amendment to a Senate pension reform bill passed a House pensions committee Wednesday.

Amended pension reform bill passes House committee

May 1, 2013

Alderman: Evanston City Council to tackle ‘brothel law’ by June

May 1, 2013
State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) is the chief sponsor of a bill that would abolish local election boards that decide whether prospective candidates who face petition challenges stay on the election ballot.

Controversial local election boards may be abolished

April 29, 2013
Flowers commemorate longtime Friendship Baptist Church member Freddie Davis who died Wednesday after he was caught in a house fire on the 1900 block of Hartrey Avenue.

Longtime Friendship Baptist Church member dies

April 28, 2013
An Evanston firefighter examines the damage of a fire Wednesday evening. The blaze broke out in the 1900 block of Hartrey Avenue.

Retired city employee dies in west Evanston fire

April 24, 2013
The Illinois Senate passed a bill regulating use of drones as the relatively affordable surveillance technology becomes increasingly popular among local law enforcement agencies.

Illinois Senate passes drone privacy rules

April 23, 2013
Reorganized golf association heads toward economic stability

Reorganized golf association heads toward economic stability

April 22, 2013

Evanston, Skokie patients flock to Erie Family Health Center

April 17, 2013
Evanston Police inspect the scene where a 74-year-old woman drove her van into the CVS in downtown Evanston, breaking the store's window and damaging part of its brick wall.

Updated: Woman drives van into downtown Evanston CVS

April 16, 2013
U.S. Cellular is planning to close its downtown Evanston location in the coming weeks as the company plans to focus its marketing efforts to rural areas.

Downtown Evanston U.S. Cellular store to close

April 15, 2013
Solay Wellness Inc. CEO Isabella Samovsky said the lifestyle store is moving beyond its online-based market by franchising the business and expanding business locations.

Lifestyle company Solay opens Evanston flagship location

April 14, 2013
Scott Inbinder, a representative of the firm which bought Evanston Plaza about a year ago, spoke with Evanston Patch columnist Christine Wolf who organized an online petition to introduce a bowling alley operator into the plaza.

Evanston Plaza developer discuss revitalization efforts with 2nd Ward residents

April 12, 2013

Bowling alley unlikely to come to Dempster and Dodge, owner says

April 8, 2013
Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) and Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-Evanston) talk to residents about legislative issues in a town hall meeting before the state general assembly convenes.

Daniel Biss, Robyn Gabel discuss pension crisis at heated town hall meeting

April 4, 2013
Evanston water lab receives perfect scores in state inspection

Evanston water lab receives perfect scores in state inspection

April 3, 2013
An economic report released last month by Downtown Evanston revealed that 19 new businesses have opened in the city since October.

Business vacancy rates remain low as Evanston seeks retailers

April 2, 2013
Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl held her first Facebook town-hall Wednesday, answering questions submitted before and during the electronic exchange.

Tisdahl: ‘Brothel law’ talks could start this spring

April 1, 2013

Illinois Senate rejects Biss bill for pension reform, approves less ambitious plan

March 20, 2013
Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl presents an award to Edzos Burger Shop chef Eddie Lakin for serving one of the top 25 burgers in the U.S. “Simply awesome top of the line burgers with tons of options for customization plus a fantastic selection of to die for fries,” Tisdahl reads from the award given by restaurant guidebook publisher Zagat.

Evanston City Council backs arts ‘roadmap,’ green-lights Howard Street brewery

March 18, 2013
State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) speaks earlier this month at Northwestern's Political Union. Biss has proposed a bill to reform Illinois' pension system that may see a vote on Tuesday.

State Sen. Daniel Biss’ pension reform bill could get vote Tuesday

March 18, 2013
City engineers are working with a traffic management vendor to fix two malfunctioning speed limit machines installed Thursday on Sheridan Road.

Sheridan Road speed machines to operate after engineers fix malfunctions

March 4, 2013
Republican House Leader Tom Cross (R-Oswego) introduced a pension reform bill Wednesday with Elaine Nekritz (D-Des Plaines) which would create a new category of benefit plan which has similarities to the private sector 401 (k) plan.

Bipartisan pension reform bill creates new benefit plan category

March 4, 2013
Evanston resident Jill Graham said the proposed ordinance to ban short term rentals would hurt landlords in a workshop held at the Lorraine H. Civic Center.

Evanston hosts workshop to discuss short-term rental ban

March 4, 2013

Evanston residents petition for bowling alley in vacant shopping center

February 27, 2013
Former Evanston resident Tina Lifford returned to her hometown to present “The Circle,” a play she wrote, at the Music Institute of Chicago. Lifford currently plays Renee Trussell on NBC’s “Parenthood.”

Q&A: ‘Parenthood’ star Tina Lifford returns to Evanston to show play

February 26, 2013
University of Illinois professor and sculptor Stephen Cartwright shows laser mechanism which he has used to transform years of global positioning system recorded data into photographs.

From laser photographs to drywall instruments, sculptors begin exhibit at Evanston Art Center

February 24, 2013
Former Chicago chef Erwin Dreschler and pastry chef Stephanie Samuels prepare dinner courses for a group of personal friends at the "pop-up" restaurant on Chicago Avenue.

Restaurant owner introduces pop-up restaurant to Evanston

February 21, 2013
State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) explained his bill to address Illinois' pension problem during a town hall meeting in Wilmette in early February.

Labor coalition backs bipartisan bill to solve state’s public pension problem

February 19, 2013

Evanston Fire and Life Safety Services responds to record number of EMS calls

February 12, 2013

ETHS “detracking” curriculum changes hot topic at school board candidate forum

February 11, 2013
Middle school students participating in Evanston Township High School’s Pride feeder basketball program take on opponents from Lake Forest. The Pride program has experienced a record number of participants months after the death of former player Dajae Coleman in Sept. 2012.

ETHS Pride feeder program looking up months after former player Dajae Coleman’s death

February 6, 2013

Resident complies with condominium association, throws out bedbug infested furniture

February 4, 2013
State senator and former Northwestern football player Napoleon Harris announced on Wednesday that he would be dropping his candidacy for the 2nd Congressional District seat formerly held by Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

Former Northwestern football player drops out of Congressional race

February 1, 2013
Michael Johnson (left), director of the Evanston Township High School’s Pride Feeder basketball program, said that he has been to Chicago’s Home of Chicken & Waffles multiple times since it opened last Friday.

Chicken and waffles restaurant opens in west Evanston

January 29, 2013

Dropping home prices, available inventory lead to increased demand among Evanston homebuyers

January 27, 2013
Evanston resident Priscilla Giles looks at comments concerning participant's concerns about existence of racial tension in city institutions in the third dialogue on race the city has hosted.

Evanston residents discuss institutional racism at third city dialogue

January 25, 2013
Michael F. Smylie of Winnetka speaks in a city meeting of his plan to makeover the facade and surrounding locations of the building on 1615 Oak Ave. which he plans to make in to a brewpub, the first of its kind on the North Shore area.

City board approves parking changes for planned brewpub

January 22, 2013
Former Northwestern football player Napoleon Harris is running for the Chicago congressional seat vacated by former House Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Chicago). Harris joins more than a dozen other Democrats running in the February primary.

Former Northwestern football player running for vacated House seat

January 16, 2013

Arts advocates release results of citywide survey

January 16, 2013
Retired soccer player Brandi Chastain will host a soccer clinic at ETHS in June. Chastain has previously played for the USA National Team and works as a commentator for ESPN.

U.S. women’s soccer team great Brandi Chastain to hold summer soccer camp in Evanston

January 14, 2013

Starbucks to move to expanded Sherman Avenue location

January 9, 2013
State Sen. Jeffrey Schoenberg is leaving office after deciding not to run for re-election in November 2011. Current State Rep. Daniel Biss (D-17th) easily won Schoenberg's seat in this past November's election.

State Senator Schoenberg leaves office to pursue work in philanthropy

January 7, 2013

Evanston snow removal costs down due to salt dome

January 7, 2013

While you were on break: the local, state and national news you missed

January 6, 2013
Bob Katzman pulls out an issue of Life magazine in his store Magazine Museum. Katzman sells antique periodicals, posters and newspaper front pages.

Magazine Museum struggles in multimedia age

November 14, 2012

Student group creates clay bones to raise awareness of genocide

November 11, 2012

Experts discuss strategies to curb high-risk drinking

October 25, 2012

CROP hunger walk moves to Evanston

October 14, 2012
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