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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


Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave. Nearly 4,000 Evanston residents prepaid their property taxes in hopes of delaying the effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Evanston residents respond to effects of Republican tax bill

January 24, 2018

After taxpayers rushed to prepay property taxes after the Republican tax bill was passed in December, Cook County announced it is removing fees for online tax payments. The initiative is a “change...

University President Morton Schapiro speaks at an event. Schapiro told The Daily on Tuesday he was “worried” about the implications of the  endowment tax included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Schapiro expresses concern over implications of endowment tax

January 24, 2018

After a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — signed into law Dec. 22 — enacted a new endowment tax that could affect Northwestern and a handful of other private institutions, University President...

University Hall at 1897 Sheridan Road.
The Northwestern Investment Office published numbers that the University's endowment grew to about $10.5 billion at the end of August.

Endowment grows 6.7 percent, likely placing NU within new endowment tax threshold

December 31, 2017

Newly-published figures by the Northwestern Investment Office indicate the University’s endowment has reached the threshold for a new endowment tax enacted Dec. 22 as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act....

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