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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


Local massage therapists say proposed licensing ordinance misrepresents industry

March 30, 2016

Aldermen voted Monday to introduce an ordinance to license massage establishments, which some local massage therapists fear will perpetuate stereotypes of the massage industry. The ordinance would require...

Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl speaks at her annual State of the City address Friday. Tisdahl highlighted the death of Curt's Cafe graduate Benjamin “Bo” Bradford-Mandujano, who was shot in January, in a discussion of gun violence in the city.

Tisdahl discusses violence, state budget crisis at annual address

March 19, 2016

Evanston faces challenges with gun violence and the absence of a state budget, but the city is taking steps to address them, Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said Friday at her annual State of the City address. The...

Ald. Donald Wilson (4th) attends a City Council meeting. Aldermen voted Monday to settle a suit lodged against the city by trash collection agency Advanced Disposal.

Council votes to end lawsuit, continue working with waste transfer center

February 23, 2016

City Council approved the settlement of a lawsuit from the waste transfer station Advanced Disposal and agreed to new city host agreement terms Monday night. The station has been in operation at 1711...

Recent gun violence prompts discussion about community policing efforts

February 21, 2016

Recent episodes of gun violence in Evanston have spurred conversation about the efficacy of the city’s community policing initiative, particularly among 5th Ward residents. Evanston Police Department’s...

Bennett Johnson holds "The Black Knights" by J. Marcellus Burke, a book his company, Path Press, published. Johnson is known for working to increase black representation in politics, business and literature.

Civil rights activist Bennett Johnson reflects on life of service

February 18, 2016

Bennett Johnson said he first encountered discrimination while walking with his sisters from his North Evanston home to elementary school. Johnson, who went to Foster School, then Noyes Elementary,...

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