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

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

The front of the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center with a glass door and red brick below a bright sky.

City Council allocates $500,000 for immigrant and refugee welcoming center

October 26, 2022

City Council voted to designate $500,000 in federal relief money toward a new immigrant and refugee welcoming center at its Monday meeting. Run by Family Focus, the program will serve as a hub for new...

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 11, 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...

A bug’s-eye view photo of Evanston’s Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, taken in daylight. The center is a brown brick building with the front door set into a tan stone wall.

City to find consultants for Civic Center relocation

April 27, 2021

The city will begin to search for consultants who will study the feasibility of relocating the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center based on a resolution approved by City Council Monday. The council has...

A drawing of a Black person’s hand holding a scale, with a house on one side and cash on the other. Text at the top says The Fight For Reparations.

In Focus: With the eyes of a nation on Evanston, the first step of the historic reparations program faces pushback

March 12, 2021

On a December day in 2019, hundreds of Evanston residents sang, cheered and cried together in the pews of the First Church of God in celebration of the first funded Black reparations program in the city...

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Over 140 residents to apply for restorative housing program, eligibility survey says

February 26, 2021

Of the nearly 200 residents who completed the city’s reparations eligibility survey, 144 indicated they would be interested in applying for Evanston’s restorative housing program, CMO Management Analyst...

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