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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

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Interim City Manager Erika Storlie. Storlie has held her position for over a year while the city has continued its search for the next city manager.

City Council to review applications for city manager position, discuss community input in selection process

September 22, 2020

City Council will review the list of applicants to fill the city manager position and select candidates to move on to the first round of interviews in a Thursday executive session closed to the public. On...

Community members protest lack of local minority contractors involved in Y.O.U. construction

March 29, 2016

Community members are protesting the Youth & Opportunity United’s new construction project, asserting the organization has not employed enough local minority contractors. In building its new youth...

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,...

In Focus: Minorities push Evanston for more local contracts

In Focus: Minorities push Evanston for more local contracts

February 8, 2013

When new projects come up in Evanston/Skokie School District 65, landscaping company owner George Lytle receives an email alerting him to bid for contracts. But when new projects come up in the city...

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