City Council introduced its $342 million proposed 2026 budget Monday evening, after trimming the size of a planned property tax increase at Ald. Clare Kelly’s (1st) request.  The preliminary votes...

After a summer spent entrenched in line edits and wording debates, City Council approved the last edits to the Envision Evanston 2045 draft comprehensive plan and set a tentative final review for November...

City Council stalled a controversial development proposal for 605 Davis St. on Monday after a unanimous vote to table for a future meeting.  The proposal, a 31-story building with 430 units, would...

City Council gathered a supermajority Monday evening to override a mayoral veto of the 1% municipal grocery tax. The meeting was the final opportunity to finalize the ordinance before the state’s...

Overriding a recent City Council vote, Mayor Daniel Biss vetoed a 1% city tax on groceries Wednesday. The council passed the tax with a 5-3 vote Monday to replace a similar state tax set to expire Jan....