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Evanston's City Council is expected to hold a final vote on plans to rebuild Ryan Field on Monday.

A bright red “X” drawn onto a portrait of Mayor Daniel Biss welcomes viewers to the “Better than Biss” website, the online home of the brand new political committee that is seeking an alternative to Evanston’s first-term mayor. According to its website, the Better than Biss committee, formed this week by Evanston residents, is compiling...

The Evanston City Council is facing a contentious decision regarding Northwestern University's $800 million football stadium reconstruction project.

Dozens of Evanston residents called for the city to hit the brakes on Northwestern’s Rebuild Ryan Field project in a town hall about the University’s proposed community benefits agreement Thursday night. The town hall meeting, hosted by Alds. Krissie Harris (2nd), Devon Reid (8th) and Bobby Burns (5th), gave residents a chance to voice their...

The Evanston City Council is facing a contentious decision regarding Northwestern University's $800 million football stadium reconstruction project.

In the waning hours before City Council’s Oct. 30 vote to introduce Northwestern’s Rebuild Ryan Field proposals, the University announced they’d executed a document many local activist groups had spent months calling for: a community benefits agreement. NU announced the CBA — a legally enforceable contract between a party that wants to develop property and...

Over 60 percent of every ethnic and racial demographic surveyed thinks reparations are good policy for the Chicago suburb.

Evanston’s Reparations Committee announced they will use a randomized selection tool to determine a  payment order for the next group of reparations recipients at a meeting Thursday. Selection will begin December 7. An estimated 20 residents attended the hybrid meeting at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center in person, with over 15 present virtually. At...

After Northwestern submitted a proposed community benefits agreement to City Council just hours before the council’s Monday night meeting on NU’s Ryan Field rebuild, residents and councilmembers had strong reactions to the proposed agreement — and how it could impact the community amid the potential stadium rebuild and proposal to host concerts at the venue....

Mayor Daniel Biss Casts Deciding Vote In Favor Of Ryan Field Concerts - Evanston, IL - The Evanston mayor broke a 4-4 tie to grant preliminary approval for Northwestern's request to re-zone its stadium for commercial use.