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City Council unanimously approved the purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates by renewing the city’s Community Choice Aggregation Program agreement at its Monday night meeting.  The Community Choice Aggregation Program provides participating residents with renewable energy. The agreement with MC Squared, a clean electricity company, uses a price-matching program, ensuring that participating residents pay the same...

“Paper or plastic?” It’s the quintessential question customers are asked at most grocery and retail stores — and starting January 2024, a question Evanston residents may no longer have to answer. Evanston City Council approved an ordinance in May that would ban plastic bags “community-wide,” including at restaurants and large retailers. The ban is a...

Evanston’s new small donor match fund will allocate city funds to mayoral election candidates and aims to allow qualified candidates to run for office regardless of their ability to pay campaign costs. City Council approved the fund ordinance 6-2 on Sept. 26. The current campaign financing system reduces people’s opportunities to “equally and meaningfully participate...

Evanston has been a leader in the fight against smoking, but a city committee moved tentatively Monday, as it excluded menthol from a proposed city ban on

Evanston City Council introduced a new ordinance to ban semi trucks on streets surrounding Clesen Wholesale ― a wholesale vendor for garden retailers and landscapers ― and approved an ordinance to create a small donor matching fund for fair elections at a meeting Tuesday night.  8th Ward residents previously raised concerns to Ald. Devon Reid...