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City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve special use permits for Evanston’s second cannabis dispensary and a bakery on Chicago Avenue in South Evanston. The two independent businesses, OKAY Cannabis and West Town Bakery, will form a joint dispensary and bakery on the ground floor of the new Evanston Gateway apartment complex at 100 Chicago...

Members of City Council on the Planning and Development Committee voted Monday against moving forward with a proposal to allow for cannabis consumption lounges in Evanston. During Monday’s meeting, Ald. Devon Reid (8th), who made the referral for the proposal, said allowing cannabis lounges in the city is an equity issue. The lounges would allow...

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 dispensary chain OKAY Cannabis and bakery chain West Town Bakery, both owned by CESAM LLC., submitted a proposal for a joint development on...

Content warning: this story contains discussions of racism. Amid reports of ongoing anti-Black racism at Niles North and Niles West High Schools, several parents urged Niles Township High School District 219 Board of Education members to make systemic change at the Board meeting Tuesday. For several years, Black and brown students have continuously reported experiences...

Black and brown parents pressure D219 board to address racism January 13, 2021 Black and brown parents from Niles Township High Schools District 219 demanded the superintendent and school board members address racism in the district and implement policy changes to create more equitable institutions at a Tuesday press conference outside the district’s administrative building.  Michael Nabors, president of Evanston’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, ...