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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


Mark Tendam (left) and Mark Sloane (right) will rematch Tuesday in the race for 6th Ward alderman. Tendam defeated Sloane and a third candidate in 2009.

Election Guide 2013: Rematch for Mark Tendam, Mark Sloane in Evanston’s 6th Ward

April 7, 2013

Evanston’s 6th Ward residents will have a second chance to choose between Ald. Mark Tendam and challenger Mark Sloane during Tuesday’s citywide elections. Sloane, Tendam and a third candidate faced...

Murray returns from State of the Union as Cook County Commissioner calls for ‘common sense’ reform

February 14, 2013

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) thinks mothers will be a crucial force in passing gun control legislation. “I think moms can put pressure on Congress and turn this issue around,” she told The Daily...

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) explains his pension reform plan to 300 people at a town hall meeting in Wilmette on Monday. Biss is among a group of Illinois Democrats sponsoring two bills to reform the state's underfunded pension system.

Local Democrats call for pension reform

February 4, 2013

Illinois needs to implement structural reforms in order to solve its pension problem, a group of local Democrats said at a town hall meeting Monday night. State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston),Rep. Robyn...

In Focus: Evanston looks to curb gun violence after 3 slain in 2012

In Focus: Evanston looks to curb gun violence after 3 slain in 2012

January 28, 2013

Carolyn Murray has worked to strengthen gun control in Evanston for six years. But city efforts to curb Evanston street violence — which claimed three young lives in 90 days in the fall — came too...

Cook County board president introduces new gun control ordinance

January 23, 2013

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the members of a violence prevention committee Wednesday after advancing several other gun-control measures this past week. Preckwinkle introduced...

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