Evanston aldermen Monday voted to shorten the time allocated to public comment at most City Council standing committee meetings. But the plan would still provide nearly two hours for public comment on the main twice-monthly City Council meeting nights.
Figures obtained by Evanston Now from the Cook County Assessor's Office show that this year's new tax assessments have substantially shifted the property tax burden to commercial and industrial properties and away from homeowners.
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi urged residents at a meeting in Evanston Thursday evening to support two bills in the state legislature he says would reform the assessment process.
The Cook County Assessor's Office says residential property assessment changes in Evanston issued earlier this month ranged from a decline averaging 25 percent in one south Evanston neighborhood to an increase averaging 70 percent in neighbor
The City of Evanston today launched a new online tool that claims to offer residents a way to promote yard sales while also helping enforce rules limiting such sales.
Evanston City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz today announced that he's appointed Ike Ogbo as interim director of the city's Health and Human Services Department.
