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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


New Illinois law prohibits employers from seeing applicants’ social networking sites

January 10, 2013

An Illinois law that went into effect Jan. 1 prohibits employers from asking for access to a job applicant’s social networking accounts. Gov. Pat Quinn signed the bill, which was sponsored by state...

Proposed staff addition met with questioning from Evanston aldermen, Mental Health Board member

November 8, 2012

After Evanston aldermen questioned last week the need to create a new crisis intervention coordinator position, at least one member of the city’s Mental Health Board expressed similar concerns. “For...

Sarah Flax, grants administrator with the city's planning and zoning division, waits for residents to show up at the first of two public comment sessions on the city's 2013 Action Plan. The Plan will allocate more than $2.4 million toward programs for the Evanston's low- and moderate-income residents.

Presidential debate distracts residents from Action Plan feedback session

October 16, 2012

No Evanston residents showed up at a Tuesday night meeting to discuss the city’s $2.4 million Action Plan for housing, economic development and public service projects. Aside from Sarah Flax, the...

Evanston reinvigorates jobs program

October 10, 2012

Evanston recently took control of a program previously run by the Youth Job Center designed to give low- and middle-income workers the personal and vocational skills necessary to enter their desired careers. About...

People walk past the main branch of the Evanston Public Library on Sept. 20, 2011. The ABC Boosters program, a 10-week summer program organized to prepare young children for kindergarten, was launched in the summer of 2012.

Summer program a ‘booster’ for kindergarten preparedness

October 4, 2012

Nearly three dozen young children worked with a host of 14- to 17-year-olds this summer to build basic reading skills through a collaborative pilot program. An anonymous group’s $50,000 contribution to...

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