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The Daily Northwestern

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


Deputy City Manager Kimberly Richardson stands and motions her hands while speaking at a public meeting in 2017.

Third-party intermediary to disperse first reparations funds

January 10, 2022

Evanston’s Reparations Committee approved nonprofit group Community Partners for Affordable Housing to distribute funds to the first 16 recipients of the Restorative Housing Program at a Thursday meeting. Under...

An exterior shot of the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, a red-brick building with a tan stone entryway, big silver lettering and a black door with a curved windowpane.

Lionel Jean-Baptiste honored with new street name for aldermanic, judicial career

December 21, 2021

The city recognized former 2nd Ward alderperson Judge Lionel Jean-Baptiste with an honorary street renaming last week for his decades of public service.  The portion of McDaniel Avenue between Crain...

An illustration of a white hand handing a piece of paper to a Black hand.

Reparations organizers discuss initiatives in Evanston and Congress

October 15, 2021

A few weeks after applications opened for the first facet of Evanston’s reparations program, city organizers and congressional representatives discussed the importance of both local and national reparations...

Illustration of yellow, teal and mauve houses set along a sheet of light blue drawn graph paper, with a white water tower at the far right of the x-axis.

The Daily Explains: What’s going on with the 5th Ward TIF?

September 28, 2021

City Council will wait one more month to vote on the proposed Tax Increment Financing district until it can finalize an intergovernmental agreement with Evanston/Skokie School District 65. The delay...

Robin Rue Simmons sits at her desk at a city council meeting. Her desk is brown, the chair is black, her shirt is red, and the background is light blue.

City Council to consider tax increment financing in the 5th Ward

May 10, 2021

City Council approved an ordinance Monday to further discuss the tax increment financing district in the 5th Ward, and to confirm a public hearing and Joint Review Board meeting to discuss logistics and...

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