Aldermen instructed the city manager to move forward with a preliminary plan to create a three-stage performing arts center after hearing a presentation on the proposal at their Monday meeting. A committee...

Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl testified Wednesday before legislators in Springfield on solutions to the state’s pension crisis, using the city’s own history with relieving pension problems as an...

The Evanston city manager decided against an employee furlough day for September as a solution to upcoming state funding reductions. City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz and his staff were considering two...

The Chicago Transit Authority will not add an extra evening Purple Line Express train after the six-week long pilot failed to demonstrate large enough ridership. The additional 8 p.m. express train...

Evanston held its second annual Juneteenth Day Jubilee on Saturday, hosted by the Forrest E. Powell Foundation, which awards scholarships to young people entering trade schools and vocational programs....