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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


John Carlson stands in front of a microphone, with a flag and councilmember Bobby Burns seen in the background.

Planning and Development Committee greenlights proposed office building to replace former Burger King

March 1, 2022

The proposal to replace Evanston’s former Burger King with a 10-story office building took another step toward passage Monday night.  The city’s Planning & Development Committee voted unanimously...

Ellen Cushing, chair of the Housing, Homelessness and Human Relations Commission, speaks at a Thursday meeting. The commission voted to renew a grant to a landlord-tenant mediation group.

Homelessness commision votes to renew grant to landlord-tenant mediation group

April 6, 2017

The city voted unanimously Thursday to renew a grant to an organization that mediates local landlord-tenant disagreements at a meeting of the Housing, Homelessness and Human Relations Commission. Open...

Vakil: We foster apathy, not sympathy toward homeless people

Vakil: We foster apathy, not sympathy toward homeless people

May 8, 2016

Oftentimes when we talk about homeless people, it’s in the context of a humanities course teaching us the effects of America’s inequalities or in our discussions of national politics. There seems to...

Lack of state budget reduces social service resources, operations for city’s homeless

December 1, 2015

Illinois’s state budget impasse has led to a reduction of resources and social services for Evanston’s homeless this holiday season. Some nonprofit organizations have had to cut or alter many of...

Family facing eviction gets apartment after campaign garners attention

January 8, 2015

An Evanston family who faced eviction this week is preparing to move into a new home after an online campaign started by a friend caught the attention of a building owner who had previously rejected...

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