City staff is recommending organizational readjustments and minimal tax and fee increases in the proposed balanced budget — with a $50,000 proposed surplus — for next year, the first part of a two-year...

The Evanston city manager’s office released its 2019 first quarter financial report at the May 13 Administration and Public Works Committee meeting, showing many expenses over budget. At the meeting,...

Aldermen approved a resolution that would increase Evanston’s current debt limit by $2 million during a Monday City Council meeting. The current limit is estimated at $150 million, according to city...

A referendum proposing to modify the real estate transfer tax so it becomes a progressive tax will appear on the November ballot in Evanston. The current real estate transfer tax is a flat rate of 0.5...

Evanston will receive around $1 million at the end of the year with the closing of a tax increment financing district in downtown Evanston. The Washington National TIF District, which includes the...