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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


Open Communities will monitor the Chicagoland housing management companies for the next two years.

Illinois housing management companies to settle with Open Communities for ‘discriminatory’ AI use

February 1, 2024

Open Communities, an Evanston-based housing advocacy nonprofit, settled its Fair Housing Act litigation against Chicagoland housing providers for using artificial intelligence to reject rental applicants...

The interior of the OKAY Cannabis dispensary. The owners are putting finishing touches on the dispensary and the West Town Bakery that is attached to it.

A budding South Evanston business venture combines bakery, dispensary

January 30, 2024

At a new South Evanston business set to open next month, customers will be able to purchase coffee, croissants and cannabis all under one roof. A bakery connected to Evanston’s second dispensary will...

Houses lined up on a blue background with a green floor. A piece of paper with black lines and a dollar sign is in the foreground with COVID-19 particles in the sky.

Open Communities lawsuit alleges racial, income-based housing discrimination

September 27, 2023

Open Communities, an Evanston-based nonprofit advocating for fair housing, has filed a federal lawsuit against nationwide property management company Harbor Group Management. The lawsuit alleges the company...

A marijuana plant with the Evanston logo within

A Joint Venture: Land Use Commission paves the way for bakery-dispensary to open in South Evanston

April 17, 2023

Evanston is one step closer to building its second dispensary after the Land Use Commission recommended the approval of a combined bakery and dispensary on Chicago Avenue in a Wednesday meeting.  Chicago...

Local governments approve Evanston to supply Des Plaines with water

October 6, 2014

Four village boards voted Monday night to approve an agreement for Evanston to supply Des Plaines with up to 5 million gallons of potable water a day starting in 2015. The Illinois village boards of...

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