Evanston is moving toward imposing a 10-cent tax on all shopping bags as part of its broader effort to increase sustainability after the Economic Development Committee approved a proposal in late May. The...

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) came to Chicago in 2002 when he accepted a job as a mathematics professor at the University of Chicago. At first, he said, it was his “dream job,” and he didn’t...