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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

Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th). Simmons participated in a conversation surrounding racial healing and reparations on Tuesday.

Reparations Subcommittee discusses plans for moving forward with their goals, including a new commission

September 27, 2020

Evanston’s reparations subcommittee discussed potential future remedies for the city’s Black residents, as well as the subcommittee’s future goals, in a Friday meeting. The subcommittee agreed...

Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th). Simmons participated in a conversation surrounding racial healing and reparations on Tuesday.

Reparations subcommittee backs national reparations bills, talks progress updates during town hall

August 28, 2020

Evanston’s reparations subcommittee backed a congressional reparations bill and presented updates around the local reparations fund at a virtual town hall Thursday. The subcommittee is in full support...

Ald. Peter Braithwaite (2nd). Braithwaite, chair of the Alternatives to Arrest Committee, highlighted some steps committee members have taken to establish alternatives to arrest.

City staff discuss youth outreach, employment opportunities and alternatives to arrest during policing Q&A

August 17, 2020

Mayor Steve Hagerty hosted his weekly Q&A on policing in Evanston on Monday, this time focusing on community outreach and alternatives to arrest. Staff in community services do an assessment on clients...

Evanston City Council, made up of nine aldermen and the mayor.

A guide to Evanston politics

August 16, 2020

Evanston is divided into nine wards, but make no mistake — all wards are not the same. Residents in each ward have vastly different backgrounds and interests. Much of Northwestern sits in the 7th Ward,...

City Clerk Devon Reid. City Council discussed the hiring of an intern.

City Council votes to stop payments to intern

August 10, 2020

City Council voted Monday to stop payments to a college intern that City Clerk Devon Reid employed during a hiring freeze. At a July 27 City Council meeting, the council voted to pay the intern for...

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