The longer it takes to complete the downtown renovation project – originally due to be done last December – the less it will cost the city.
A multimedia budget outreach event is planned for Thursday, Sept. 13.
Evanston's agreement with the Lighthouse Dunes group promises at least $400,000 if demolition of the city-owned landmark is approved.
3 objections to a non-binding referendum were rejected by the Evanston Electoral Board following a profane outburst from one of its members.
A one-year agreement for joint use of the facility takes effect next month, the city and university announced Thursday.
Skokie aims to "generate headlines" with a suit in order to get an "undeserved discount" on water rates, according to Evanston's attorneys.
Voters could make Evanston the first municipality in Illinois to adopt a progressive real estate transfer tax.
A new law strengthens background checks for Lyft and Uber drivers by requiring the companies to collect social security numbers and names.
Rep. Schakowsky introduced four bills to the House of Representatives all aimed at tackling high drug prices.
Described as "outrageous," the tense exchange punctuated a late-night debate over alley paving grant applications.
The city would have 2 years to approve demolition of the landmark before a $400,000 donation would be rescinded.
Monday's appearance with the Russian leader was "beyond incompetence" and "borders on treason" according to Rep. Jan Schakowsky.
After Robin Rue Simmons hired a new lawyer, a judge vacated a nearly $65,000 judgment against her and agreed to keep hearing the case.
The City Council voted Monday to end a 10-year lease with Smylie Brothers in exchange for 3 months rent, plus tax and utilities payments.
Aldermen voted Monday to raise the city's debt limit to $150 million to fund improvements to the Robert Crown Center.
Assistant to the City Manager Kimberly Richardson has been promoted to deputy city manager.
Republican candidate Joan Lasonde was joined by former congressman Bob Dold in Evanston Thursday.
5th Ward Evanston Ald. Robin Rue Simmons failed to show up to court or comply with discovery so now she has to pay, a judge found last week.
Michelle Masoncup will serve as the city's chief counsel and head the Evanston Law Department, city staff announced Tuesday.
Aldermen voted Monday to begin negotiations with a group of residents proposing to pay to demolish a local landmark.
A suit alleging a conspiracy to frame an innocent man for murder has been settled by Northwestern and a former journalism professor.
An event at Fountain Square Saturday marking the 4th annual National Gun Violence Awareness Day will honor lives lost and discuss solutions.
Some Evanston residents say they'll pay to tear down the local landmark and restore the lakefront dunes to their natural state.
Currently detained in Texas, the 21-year-old daughter fears rape and murder by the gang MS-13 if she is deported back to El Salvador.
The brewery never paid taxes on the property and has asked to withdraw from its lease prior to paying any rent to the city, staff said.
Smylie Brothers Brewing Company asked to pull out of its deal to lease the city-owned building prior to having to pay any rent.
The city released a priority based budget survey to identify ways to close a looming budget shortfall.
Ald. Judy Fiske wants to wait another year to reconsider a ban on 3 unrelated tenants that critics have called antiquated for decades.
Ahead of an anticipated budget crunch, the city's asking the public which programs it should keep and which could be candidates to be cut.
One of downtown Evanston's "last remaining historically intact blocks" is unprotected and vulnerable to being torn down for new development.
No other council member supported Ald. Ann Rainey's proposal to eliminate protected bike lanes on Dodge Avenue north of Howard Street.
The City Council decided against granting Evanston Lakehouse & Gardens a 40-year lease of the city-owned lakefront property.
A revised lease headed to the City Council Monday sets higher binding fundraising goals and a 2023 opening date for Harley Clarke mansion.
Residents of local senior communities gathered Saturday morning at Fountain Square in solidarity with the March for Our Lives.
Arlington Heights Pastor John Elleson will face off against incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky in November.
Hitesh Desai returns to Evanston next month as the city's chief financial officer and treasurer.
The Evanston mayor traveled to Puerto Rico last week to share disaster recovery expertise and support for rebuilding the island.
The proposal to relocate Northlight Theatre from Skokie into a 39-story mixed-use downtown development on Sherman Avenue has been scrapped.
Biss, who touts himself as the only candidate with kids in public school, is squaring off against two billionaires in the governor's race.
Corporation Counsel Grant Farrar is taking a job with a local consulting firm.