Aldermen discussed ways to reduce the 4.9 percent property tax increase proposed in Evanston’s 2021 budget in a Monday night special City Council meeting, given the increased financial burden of the...

City Council voted Monday to table a resolution that would have created a temporary moratorium on tenant eviction notices due to COVID-19.  The proposed moratorium, similar to a directive currently...

Evanston is divided into nine wards, but make no mistake — all wards are not the same. Residents in each ward have vastly different backgrounds and interests. Much of Northwestern sits in the 7th Ward,...

City Council voted Monday to stop payments to a college intern that City Clerk Devon Reid employed during a hiring freeze. At a July 27 City Council meeting, the council voted to pay the intern for...

The decision to employ a college student at the city clerk’s office despite a hiring freeze was the center of an argument at Monday’s City Council meeting. The controversy concerned scheduled payments...