Evanston businesses expressed mixed reactions to the Wednesday repeal of a controversial soda tax that went into effect just two months ago. The penny-per-ounce tax — narrowly passed by the Cook County...

When Tom Suffredin took office as the new 6th Ward alderman in May, he was helping usher in a “sea change” in Evanston politics. Suffredin, along with the two other new aldermen who were elected...

A hectic 24 hours of public and political outcry against Evanston’s potential opt-out of the Cook County minimum wage increase ended anticlimactically Friday morning when the council did not vote on...

Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty was met with opposition from local elected officials and community leaders after he called Thursday morning for an emergency meeting of City Council to discuss opting out of...

Charrisse Roberson did “everything right.” She never drank alcohol or used drugs. She did odd jobs around the neighborhood as a child and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree. She even held management...