A judge found the City Council followed its own rules when approving Northwestern's plan for stadium concerts, though it did not have to.
An affordable housing nonprofit that owns the buildings let them decay so much they became too dangerous for occupancy, city officials said.
The City Council unanimously approved a settlement last month resolving a lawsuit from Lauren Rochman, who city lawyers said was negligent.
The well-financed ex-judge pledging a tough-on-crime approach leads the machine-backed ex-government staffer who favors Foxx's reforms.
One candidate has the blessing of the Democratic Party machine, the other is backed by big-money donors.
The Evanston City Council is set to vote publicly Monday on an agreement with a real estate broker that it illegally approved last October.
The League of Women Voters of Evanston interviewed each councilmember, noting that six out of nine alderpeople have joined since 2021.
City officials are "exploring legal options" to prevent a reoccurrence of Thursday's racist and antisemitic remarks in person and over Zoom.
The Cook County Democratic Party is expected to formally approve Biss's nomination as a committeeperson at its next meeting.
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky's proposal calls for the Federal Trade Commission to require telemarketers to disclose their use of AI technology.
The City Council agreed to spend $750,000 of its coronavirus relief funding on consultants to develop a new code and comprehensive plan.
Councilmembers agreed to a plan to rent office space at 909 Davis St. for 15 years with an option to cancel the lease after seven years.
"They're attacking, essentially, the racial equity movement," says Liam Bird, who is suing city officials for First Amendment retaliation.
A pair of north suburban lawmakers sponsored a bill allowing victims of "digitally altered sexual images" to sue, starting Jan. 1, 2024.
The 2024 budget avoids a property tax hike with cash Northwestern forked over to facilitate the approval of concerts at a new Ryan Field.
A group of Evanston and Wilmette residents want a Cook County judge to invalidate the recent rezoning of Northwestern's football stadium.
The longtime city staffer has worked for five Evanston mayors and nine city managers.
The Evanston Democrat said the brief truce that began Friday must remain in place to secure the release of remaining hostages.
Mayor Daniel Biss broke a 4-4 tie to authorize Northwestern University's plan to hold six concerts a year at a reconstructed Ryan Field.
The Evanston City Council called an audible Monday, tabling its final vote on Northwestern University's plan to reconstruct Ryan Field.
City and Northwestern University officials released last-minute changes to a memorandum of understanding ahead of Monday night's final vote.
The city's proposed $449 million budget calls for a property tax increase of nearly 8 percent, which represents the first jump in two years.
After nearly two weeks in captivity, the Evanston teen and her mother, who remains in Israel, were the first Hamas hostages to be released.
The Evanston mayor broke a 4-4 tie to grant preliminary approval for Northwestern's request to re-zone its stadium for commercial use.
Evanston residents Judith Raanan and her daughter Natalie are reportedly the first of the 200 hostages taken by Hamas to be released.
The Israeli government reportedly believes Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter, recent Deerfield High School grad Natalie Raanan, are alive.
The Evanston Land Use Commission suggested approving Northwestern's proposed new stadium but denying its plan to hold concerts there.
Wilburn, a Chicago native and former Evanston resident, returns to town after leading a 10-library system in Northern California.
Dozens of demonstrators marched through Evanston Tuesday against an "untaxed commercial entertainment zone in a residential neighborhood."
Commissioners approved a plan to buy Evanston's Margarita Inn and Oak Park's Write Inn and give them to nonprofits for homeless shelters.
"Working for less than minimum wage, being a tipped worker, sucks. It really does," one man told the committee.
Corporation Counsel Nick Cummings and former interim city manager Kelley Gandurski are accused of discrimination by a fellow attorney.
Evanston businesses must stop distributing plastic single-use checkout or produce bags, while big box retailers must charge for paper bags.
Evanston councilmembers voted 6-2 to grant final approval to a special use permit and operating agreement with Connections for the Homeless.
Newcomers Leah Piekarz and Omar Salem are set to join returning ETHS and District 65 board members, according to unofficial results.
Abah Antonio resigned from the Niles Police Department a day after its deputy chief recommended he be placed on administrative leave.
The City Council amended the Restorative Housing Program to include an option to take a cash payout instead of a $25,000 housing grant.
The 1st Ward councilmember will serve a one-year term on the NLC's University Communities Council.
More than a dozen residents say Evanston mayor's endorsements of City Council candidates are "way out of bounds and wildly inappropriate."
Daniel Biss asked residents to vote for 2nd Ward Ald. Krissie Harris and 9th Ward Ald. Juan Geracaris, both of whom he appointed last year.