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Evanston received $43 million from the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021 and 2022 to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hoping to identify areas of need, the city put $3 million toward a novel solution: participatory budgeting. The program allows residents, with the support of city staff and volunteers, to submit their ideas for funding...

Content warning: This article contains mentions of death, suicide and gun violence.  Since the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, there have been 377 school shootings in the U.S., according to data from The Washington Post. On March 27, three children and three staff members were killed in a shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville....

A student-organized protest against gun violence was held in downtown Naperville today, according to Mimi Cowan. Approximately 50 protestors, including a number of elected officials, gathered by the World War II memorial downtown on Washington Street, Cowan said.

Warren Township, Lake Zurich, York, Palatine, Naperville Central, Naperville North and the Maine Township Dist. 207 high schools held their graduation ceremonies on Sunday, May 22.