Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) was re-elected Tuesday night to serve another term on City Council after running unopposed.
Fleming, who was first elected to the seat in 2017, will serve the 9th Ward from 2021 to 2025. She was the only candidate without an opponent this year in an election cycle where a slate of progressive candidates challenged most incumbents on the council. These newcomers saw some early success, ousting Alds. Don Wilson (4th) and Ann Rainey (8th) in the February primary.
2021 saw the highest number of aldermanic candidates since 1993, the year Evanston switched from two representatives per ward to one.
Fleming, who is also a founding member of the Organization for Positive Action and Leadership, recently opposed the city’s implementation of the Restorative Housing Reparations Program on the grounds that the program should not be called reparations.
STATESBORO On Wednesday, Barstool Southern posted a picture on their Instagram of what appeared to be a Starship food delivery robot flipped over after being involved in an accident with a car.
Barstool later posted an additional image with the text, “Fly High King” and an image of Starship robot appearing flying at heaven’s steps. The photo also named the robot, marked it’s birth year and year of passing.
What followed was a memorial in front of Watson Hall and a late-night vigil that dozens of Georgia Southern students attended. One attendee even held a sign saying, “Defund Cars.”
Mayor Steve Hagerty contributes $5,000 to Evanston Together LLC
April 2, 2021
Mayor Steve Hagerty has emerged as one of the top donors to local political committee Evanston Together LLC, according to a quarterly report filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections Thursday. The political organization has largely backed incumbents and has been a point of controversy in the weeks leading up to the city’s April 6 municipal elections.
Hagerty, who contributed $5,000 to the organization, is one of the group’s eight contributors. The list also includes Kathy Tisdahl, the daughter of former mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl, and Hoda Halim, who co-owns the Halim Glass and Time Museum with her husband. Tishdal and Halim contributed $500 and $5,000, respectively.
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Northwestern hopes to hold in-person processions in tandem with a virtual commencement over the course of Graduation Weekend, according to a Tuesday email sent to Class of 2021 graduating students.
While the University doesn’t anticipate statewide regulations which currently allow gatherings of 50 people indoors and up to 100 people outdoors to relax much by June, administrators said they intend to “arrange a safe and meaningful academic procession.”
The potential processions would be held from June 12 through June 14, when the commencement will happen virtually.
Graduates from the Class of 2021 can expect to receive a survey Wednesday gauging interest in the procession plans. Those who register would proceed across the stage donning regalia when their name is read, with the option for photos. While the email said attendance would be “kept to a very small number,” the event would be livestreamed.