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Evanston aims to make more public buildings 'solar-ready'

Solar panels power three of the city’s buildings: the Evanston Ecology Center, Levy Senior Center and Evanston Water Treatment Plant. Now, the city is planning to contract outside developers to increase its solar energy usage. Evanston plans to use solar power purchase agreements, which involve having outside developers finance, install and maintain the solar panels....

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Evanston becomes first city in Illinois to adopt ranked-choice voting

Evanston voters decided overwhelmingly to replace the city’s “winner-take-all” voting system with ranked-choice voting Tuesday night. Proponents of the referendum say the change will lead to fairer elections and less acrimonious campaigns.  The vote made Evanston the first municipality in Illinois to adopt the system. 82% of voters approved the measure with 98% of precincts...

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Evanston's 2023 proposed budget

Evanston’s proposed 2023 budget targets post-pandemic economic recovery, addresses  sustainability efforts and creates new government positions. It totals to about $402.5 million –– a $42.1 million increase from the adopted 2022 budget –– and is unpopular with the mayor and other public figures.  The Daily broke down five things to know about the proposed budget....

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Residents' Rights a constant aim for Evanston residential facilities

As Residents’ Rights Month comes to a close this October, leaders of long-term care facilities and community centers in Evanston said they will continue to emphasize residents’ right to respect, dignity, autonomy and quality care. Victoria Gruber, manager of the Adult Day Services program at CJE SeniorLife — a nonprofit organization that provides housing, community...

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The Daily Explains: Ranked-choice voting is up for debate this November. Here's how it could impact Evanston What ranked-choice voting would look like in Evanston

In just two weeks, Evanston residents will vote not just on local and state representatives — but on the city’s voting system itself.  In July, City Council unanimously approved a referendum for the Nov. 8 general election ballot asking Evanston voters if they want to use ranked-choice voting. Under Evanston’s current “winner-take-all” election system, the...

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Evanston small businesses unite in raffle fundraiser supporting Everytown for Gun Safety

Content warning: This story contains mentions of gun violence. When Highland Park resident and gun violence prevention activist Stephanie Luger heard the first gunshots at the town’s Fourth of July parade, she thought they were fireworks. Then, she saw everyone running.  Luger made it safely to her car and said she was glad her children...

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STEM School Evanston seeks feedback from Black residents

Evanston’s 5th Ward has not had a community school for more than 50 years. With an elementary school on the way, nonprofit STEM School Evanston aims to ensure community voices are heard.  The group seeks input from Black residents to mold the ward’s new school through the “Amplifying Black Voices on Education Equity in Evanston”...

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City leaders remain divided over ARPA-allocation process

Evanston received the remainder of its federal government funding allocated from the American Rescue Plan Act funding this month — bringing the act’s total COVID-19 recovery funds disbursed to the city to $43 million.  The city received the first half of its funds, which are designed to help communities recover from the overall health and...

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Evanston moves to "Medium" transmission, no longer reports positivity rate

Evanston has moved to a “Medium” transmission level due to a significant rise in new reported positive COVID-19 cases.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this transmission level is defined as having more than 200 total COVID-19 cases at one time per 100,000 residents. Currently, the city is reporting about 390 cases...

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Evanston's new COVID-19 cases more than double last week's number

Evanston reported an increase to 197 new positive cases this week — bringing the number to over two times greater than last week’s 95. This rise follows a relatively steady increase in positive cases which has persisted for seven weeks, according to the city. Prior to the increase, there was a period of dwindling cases...

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