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Keeping plastic pellets out of waterways

Tue, 04/21/2026 - 09:11

Bill would give state EPA emergency rulemaking powers.

Developers: New Main project will fit in

Tue, 04/21/2026 - 06:04

CityPads seeks to build 64 apartments and 15 townhomes.

New tech key for Ryan Field security, NUPD says

Tue, 04/21/2026 - 04:59

Security, sustainability and traffic plans due by June 2.

D65 urged to keep library positions

Tue, 04/21/2026 - 04:52

Standing room only crowd protests reassignment of middle school librarians.

Federal food assistance cuts loom

Mon, 04/20/2026 - 09:51

150,000 Illinois households face cutoff beginning May 1. State legislation could restore aid.

Evanston doesn’t need a rent algorithm ban

Mon, 04/20/2026 - 04:52

Economists argue in guest essay that so-called “price-fixing” software often recommends lowering rents to reduce vacancies.

Planting project helps give new life to Reba Park

Sun, 04/19/2026 - 20:10

Planting project is the first of several slated for the park in the coming months.

The push to strengthen a state affordable housing tax credit

Sun, 04/19/2026 - 09:00

It’s one of the programs helping fund an Evanston affordable housing development.

Local kids design a-maze-ing games

Sun, 04/19/2026 - 05:23

In District 65’s “Cardboard Carnival.”

You’ll get a charge out of this one

Sat, 04/18/2026 - 16:13

District 65 cuts the ribbon for transition to electric buses.

Bike lanes rerouted for construction

Sat, 04/18/2026 - 15:06

Ahead of high-rise groundbreaking downtown next week.

D65 may lay off middle school librarians

Sat, 04/18/2026 - 14:26

Question may come up at Monday’s school board meeting.

When the Federal well runs dry …

Sat, 04/18/2026 - 09:00

Or, why the D65 counselor cut saga is tied to the pandemic.

Evanston home prices up 6.1% in March

Sat, 04/18/2026 - 05:14

No breaks for buyers as inflation and mortgage rates also increase.

Tornado watch until 11 p.m. Friday

Fri, 04/17/2026 - 16:13

Severe thunderstorms and hail also expected.

Pritzker: Housing plan key to ‘future of the state’

Fri, 04/17/2026 - 15:30

Ald. Jonathan Nieuwsma signals support, saying it would take a divisive conversation “out of our hands.”

School cell phone ban, human composting

Fri, 04/17/2026 - 15:00
Those among hundreds of bills that advanced in Springfield this week.

EPL gets $1 million anonymous gift

Fri, 04/17/2026 - 14:58

That’s more than the library’s entire fundraising goal for the year.

Power demand here could double by 2040

Fri, 04/17/2026 - 14:37
Expected increase is driven largely by data centers.

From ETHS lacrosse to filmmaking partners

Fri, 04/17/2026 - 13:53

Local grads working together a quarter-century after graduation.

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