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Good Sunday morning, Evanston. Here's a recap of the week's most widely read stories, plus a few new ones as well.

City Council adopted an ordinance Monday that will require employers to give workers a two-week notice of schedule changes and compensate them if any changes occur after. The ordinance, called Evanston’s Fair Workweek Ordinance, covers restaurants and food service businesses with at least 200 employees and 30 locations globally. It also applies to all other...

City Council voted unanimously to approve a complete ban on plastic bags and a tax on other single-use carryout bags Monday. Both the tax and the ban will go into effect Aug. 1.  The ordinance contains several changes from its first appearance before the council in January. It now includes a 10-cent tax — a...

City Council directed city staff to gather new proposals to renovate the Harley Clarke Mansion on Monday. The rundown landmark’s future has been uncertain since mid January, when educational nonprofit Artists Book House pulled out of a lease agreement with the city. The organization was meant to occupy the building for 40 years. The organization...

The Redistricting Committee voted unanimously to recommend a new ward map to City Council on Tuesday night. The proposed map would impact about 4,000 residents’ ward placements and significantly reduce current differences in population between wards. The council will vote on whether to approve the map June 12. If approved, the changes would be implemented...