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

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The Daily Explains: What’s going on with the 5th Ward TIF?

September 29, 2021

City Council will wait one more month to vote on the proposed Tax Increment Financing district until it can finalize an intergovernmental agreement with Evanston/Skokie School District 65. The delay...

A gray fountain in front of a blue memorial wall, surrounded by outdoor seating.

Low water pressure found in Evanston’s Fountain Square fountain

June 27, 2021

The namesake fountain in Evanston’s Fountain Square will remain off for the rest of the 2021 season after city staff discovered water loss issues, the city announced in a Thursday news release.  The...

Groups of people talk with each other in a city square lined by green trees. Red lanterns on white strings criss-cross the blue sky.

Residents join city’s first ever ASAPIA Heritage Month arts festival

May 23, 2021

On Saturday, residents filled Sherman Ave. with red lanterns, origami cranes and multicolored koinobori carp streamers fluttering through the air during Evanston’s first Asian South Asian Pacific Islander...

 Police officers at a Nov. 10 NUCNC protest. The group released an open letter to Evanston residents Wednesday explaining the movement’s motivations and history.

NUCNC, student protesters eating “breakfast” and reading abolitionist literature met with unprecedented police presence

November 10, 2020

Student protesters demanding the abolition of University Police were met with a heavy police presence Monday — armed police in riot gear from the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System’s Mobile Field...

Protesters at Wednesday’s rally. Evanston residents gathered to protest Trump’s acquittal.

Evanston residents rally against Trump’s acquittal

February 6, 2020

Chanting “no president is above the law,” Evanston residents gathered at Fountain Square on Wednesday to protest the Senate’s acquittal of President Donald Trump. The House of Representatives...

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