Category: City News

Judging by reactions at the Jan. 12 budget meeting, the proposed 15-percent increase in the City’s portion of the property tax apparently did not sit well with some members of […]

Public testimony on the strategic update of the 1989 comprehensive plan for downtown Evanston is now closed, and members of the Plan Commission will begin their work in earnest next […]

Evanston native Diana Howard was skeptical when a family friend referred her to the Youth Job Center of Evanston, 1114 Church St., several years ago. Only 20, Ms. Howard was […]

A controversy over a zoning change in one section of the Central Street Master Plan has delayed the vote until at least the Jan. 28 City Council meeting. Although the […]

Residents from Evanston, Chicago and Oak Park voiced their opposition to the proposed immigration resolution at the Jan. 14 City Council meeting. The resolution, which is being held in the […]

A resolution calling for humane and just treatment of immigrants and their families was proposed at the Human Services Committee meeting on Jan. 7. The resolution aims to clarify the […]

The Evanston Community Foundation (ECF) will receive a $2 million endowment grant this month from the Grand Victoria Foundation to support “Every Child Ready for Kindergarten, Every Youth Ready for […]

A complaint filed in federal court on Jan. 4 challenges the constitutionality of the City’s tear-down tax that was adopted by the City on June 4, 2007. Under the City’s […]

A referendum question on the Feb. 5 ballot asks for an increase of $1 – from $5 to $6 – for every $1,000 of value of real estate being transferred. […]

Marguerite Firman has no food issues, but she is elated at the prospect of bringing her gluten- and casein-intolerant children to Rose’s Wheatfree Bakery and Café, 2901 Central St., for […]