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Heading into the 2024 fiscal year, Northwestern Provost Kathleen Hagerty told the Faculty Senate that the University’s financial position remained “strong overall” in a budget update Wednesday.  In 2023, the University had $8.6 million left over from an operating budget of over $3 billion, compared to a positive margin of $138.7 million in 2022.  “The...

When discussions about Evanston’s 2024 budget began last fall, city officials stared down a looming shortfall and monetary challenges they called “sobering.” Initial plans called not just for utility rate hikes but also a 7.8% increase to the property tax rate. But, after several rounds of input from residents, plus the approval of the Ryan...

With City Council gearing up for the new year, The Daily takes a look at Evanston’s biggest political stories in 2023. March: City Council expands reparations program, allows for cash payments Evanston became the first city in the U.S. to enact a reparations resolution for Black residents in 2019. The Restorative Housing Program, launched in...

In the year of a receding pandemic, many routines returned to normal, but there still were hot topics galore to cover.

Same old good story for Northwestern

Evanston fire officials chose purple and white, Northwestern Universitys colors, to show its gratitude.

Evanston fire officials chose purple and white, Northwestern Universitys colors, to show its gratitude.

Residents of Wilmette and Evanston who oppose the commercialization of Northwestern University’s Ryan Field are imploring the Wilmette Village Board to file suit against Evanston to reverse the zoning changes that would allow concerts at the rebuilt stadium. A well-coordinated group of speakers urged the board to act during the Dec. 12 Wilmette board meeting, citing concerns about property ...

Opponents of Northwestern University’s controversial plan to rebuild Ryan Field filed a lawsuit against the city of Evanston Thursday claiming some officials…

Good morning, Chicago. Ombre West usually takes the Yellow Line as part of her commute to Oakton Community College in Skokie. But the train line has been shut down since a crash on the tracks sent nearly two dozen people to hospitals, leaving West and other commuters to rely on replacement shuttle buses or alternate ways of getting around. West, 20, estimated the shuttles have added an hour to ...