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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

A white outline of Illinois is superimposed on a blue background. Four hands in shades of red are reaching up from the bottom of the state toward the top.

Evanston’s Community Alliance for Better Government works to increase transparency, inform community

January 24, 2022

In 2018, Rick Marsh rushed to City Council to voice his disappointment when Evanston fired Kevin Brown, the director of Evanston’s outreach program for at-risk youth. But while voicing his concern...

In the hours before the City Council meeting Monday, residents held a socially distant car rally in opposition to the appointment of Storlie as the permanent city manager.

City Council to move forward with nationwide search for city manager

June 9, 2020

The city will continue with a nationwide search for a city manager, after Evanston City Council withdrew a resolution Monday that would promote Erika Storlie without a public process. The decision came...

Evanston mayor Steve Hagerty addresses participants at the 2018 Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program job fair. The program connects “at-risk” teenagers with employment opportunities and training.

Some Evanston teenagers say Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program wages not enough

October 22, 2019

When Bernice Olla-Chatman’s brother prepared to leave for college this summer, her mother, who single-handedly raises three children, was about to face more financial burden. The Evanston Township High...

City manager Wally Bobkiewicz at a meeting. Bobkiewicz made plans to restructure the staff of the Youth and Young Adult division, raising concerns from residents.

Residents concerned about Youth and Young Adult restructuring

November 4, 2018

Evanston residents raised concern in response to the city manager’s plan to restructure the Youth and Young Adult division at an Oct. 22 City Council meeting. During public comment, many worried about...

Austin Spillar, who helped write the Citizens Network of Protection’s proposal, discusses racial inequities in Evanston policing. Spillar modeled the proposal in part after ones already in place in Seattle and Oakland.

Residents call for greater transparency with police camera footage

September 21, 2017

Evanston residents demanded a more timely turnaround of police camera footage at a Wednesday meeting discussing Citizens Network of Protection’s police oversight proposal. They also requested it be as...

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