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Bad news about climate change is pervasive: Drought emergency in Portugal and France. Irreversible loss of millions of acres of crops in Spain. Increased flooding, heat islands and extreme weather in Chicago. In Evanston, Northwestern University plans to build a massive entertainment complex whose carbon impact will accelerate those very climate depredations.
City Council voted to introduce a single-use bag tax and a Fair Workweek ordinance Monday. The single-use bag tax ordinance first came before the council in January, but several councilmembers voiced concerns about the tax’s negative economic impact on small businesses. The council then voted to refer the ordinance back to the Human Services Committee....
City Council voted Monday night to introduce an ordinance that would grant Connections for the Homeless a permit to operate a rooming house at the Margarita Inn. The motion passed 6-2. At its April 26 meeting, Evanston’s Land Use Commission did not make a recommendation for or against the council granting a permit. Ald. Jonathan...
With Chicago’s newly elected mayor, Brandon Johnson, set to be sworn in on May 15, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss said he hopes the relationship between Evanston and Chicago’s local governments will have a more collaborative dynamic. Biss, who endorsed Johnson prior to April’s mayoral runoff election, emphasized the importance of building a stronger and more...
The Evanston Police Department arrested a man in connection with the Clark Street Beach shooting on April 12 that left 18-year-old Jacquis Irby dead and his two 15-year-old brothers injured. In a Saturday news release, EPD stated it arrested 20-year-old Jalen Murray in Evanston. The police accused Murray of firing the gun and charged him...