A referendum proposing to modify the real estate transfer tax so it becomes a progressive tax will appear on the November ballot in Evanston. The current real estate transfer tax is a flat rate of 0.5...

Richard Eddington wanted a job that let him do “something different everyday.” He wanted spontaneity. He wanted the unconventional. He did not want a desk job. So he chose police work, and from...

The proposed restructuring of Evanston’s Health and Human Services Department could put the unit’s status as a health department at risk, pending approval of the city’s fiscal year 2019 budget. In...

Friends of the Robert Crown Center, a nonprofit organization that is raising money for the new Robert Crown Community Center construction, said they can provide the city with an additional $1 million in...

A $1.2 million cut to the Evanston Fire Department in the city’s proposed 2019 budget would mean eliminating nine positions and shutting down Station 4, which has led to pushback from current and former...