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In the wake of Evanston’s election results getting finalized, organizers, electees and residents said they are looking forward to the potential for positive change under new local officials. Candidates campaigned in the most crowded election cycle in decades, school board races featured a prominent push for racial equity and long-entrenched alderpeople were unseated. Many residents said it’s important not to throw in the towel after a long election cycle. Instead, the results can be a sprin...

As deadlines set in the Climate Action and Resilience Plan approach, some advocates are questioning whether Evanston is allocating enough funding and resources to the Office of Sustainability. CARP plans for carbon neutrality by 2050, but it also sets smaller, more specific benchmarks to ensure Evanston stays on track over the next few decades. Some of these goals are quickly approaching. By 2025, CARP aims for all vehicle fleets operating in Evanston, including school buses, to transition to 5...

Evanston community members and environmental leaders discussed the Church Street Waste Transfer Station, the city’s environmental policies and other local concerns at a virtual panel Thursday. The event was part of Citizens’ Greener Evanston’s “Earth Week for Everyone” series, which is taking place Thursday through Saturday in honor of Earth month. Kumar Jensen, Evanston’s chief sustainability and resilience officer, said there has been increased collaboration between environmentali...

To Daniel Biss & The Evanston City Council, Daniel Biss — my mom and I jointly congratulate you on becoming the next mayor of Evanston. I like you because you pushed a progressive income tax and a $15 minimum wage. You also pledged to fight for all the working-class Illinoisans who don’t live in multiple mansions. My mom likes you because your middle name is Kálmán, one of the great Eastern European names.  But what direction will you lead Evanston, Mayor-elect Biss? That choice is up to...

Evanston RoundTable Open Search Print In his final State of the City address, Mayor Stephen Hagerty said the community will pull together to rebound from the ravages of COVID-19. (Screenshot by Heidi Randhava) Getting your Evanston news from Facebook? Try the Evanston RoundTable’s free daily and weekend email newsletters – sign up now! Maybe later, thanks. On April 9, Mayor Stephen Hagerty delivered his 2021 State of the City Address at the Evanston Chamber of Commerce’s State of th...

Mayor-elect Daniel Biss stressed the need to find policing alternatives, address the city’s racial inequities and improve town-gown relations during a Wednesday forum with NU students and faculty. The forum was co-hosted by the University’s Community Engagement Coalition and NU College Democrats. Medill senior Alex Moore and Weinberg senior Flannery Cusick moderated.  When asked about Evanston’s most pressing issues, Biss pointed to affordable housing, public safety and policing. Biss al...

Alderman-elect: Results symbolize springtime in more ways than one Jonathan Nieuwsma says the next Evanston City Council will be "very different than the current one" when it is sworn in next month. Jonathan Nieuwsma says the next Evanston City Council will be “very different than the current one” when it is sworn in next month. Nieuwsma ought to know. He’ll be part of the new city government. Nieuwsma defeated Diane Goldring on Tuesday to win the 4th Ward aldermanic race. Nieuwsma and Go...

Evanston Now Big turnover possible in Tuesday’s election Evanston could see the biggest turnover among its elected office holders in two decades in Tuesday’s election — and the turnover is already guaranteed to be bigger than average. Evanston could see the biggest turnover among its elected office holders in two decades in Tuesday’s election — and the turnover is already guaranteed to be bigger than average. During local elections dating back to 2001, Evanston voters, through a combi...

Evanston Now Anonymous attack flyers unmasked Anonymous flyers appeared over the weekend in Evanston opposing incumbent aldermen in the 1st, 3rd and 7th Wards. A target of the attack says she knows where they came from. Anonymous flyers distributed over the weekend attacking incumbent City Council candidates. Anonymous flyers appeared over the weekend in Evanston opposing incumbent aldermen in the 1st, 3rd and 7th Wards. But one of the targets of the attack says she knows where t...

One candidate has been the subject of a federal investigation. Another stands charged in a red-light camera case. Another was charged with taking part in a gambling ring. All are among the mayors and village presidents running for reelection in Chicago’s suburbs in Tuesday’s general municipal election.