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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


Richard Eddington sits in a chair during a city meeting. He is wearing a white police uniform.

City officials clarify proposed social services transfers, explain their necessity

October 30, 2017

City officials on Saturday addressed resident concerns surrounding the restructuring of social services in the Evanston Police Department, clarifying that the changes are structural and meant to meet residents’...

Robin Rue Simmons sits at a May meeting of City Council. The new 5th Ward aldermen has numerous ambitious plans for Evanston and her ward.

Robin Rue Simmons seeks to improve 5th Ward’s walkability, Evanston’s affordability

August 21, 2017

Robin Rue Simmons was a newcomer to Evanston politics before she won the 5th Ward’s aldermanic race earlier this year. “I have been self-employed most of my adult life,” said Rue Simmons, who...

Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) at a City Council meeting. Holmes will be retiring — for the second time — next month, after serving as alderman for three terms.

Holmes reflects on lifetime of service in Evanston

April 17, 2017

When Ald. Delores Holmes (5th) finishes her final term next month and leaves office, it won’t be her first retirement. In 2002, after roughly 27 years of service as director of Family Focus — an...

Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) attends a city meeting. Revelle moved on Monday to remove an item in the proposed budget that would have extended metered parking hours.

Council discusses raising parking costs, waste management in budget talks

November 8, 2016

Aldermen expressed support to increase the cost of monthly city parking garage passes by $10 from last year as they continued 2017 budget discussions at City Council on Monday. Ald. Eleanor Revelle...

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