Jennifer Fisher

The cocktail bar Ward Eight and its neighboring restaurant, Peckish Pig, are often lauded as economic engines on Howard Street in Evanston. Now, a long-vacant property adjacent to those two...

As recreational marijuana moves toward legalization in Illinois, municipalities are scrambling to set local regulations before Jan. 1. Evanston aldermen appear to agree that recreational cannabis businesses should be allowed...

An ordinance that would raise Evanston's sales tax rate in 2020 is getting closer to ratification. Aldermen voted 7-2 Sept. 9 to introduce a motion that would increase the tax....

Evanston officials may broaden the city's tree preservation ordinance to include more trees on private property, potentially defining certain types as "heritage trees" that would require a permit to cut...

Over the last two decades, the black population of Evanston has been shrinking. In 2000, 22.5% of residents identified themselves as black, according to U.S. Census data. The percentage declined...

Assistant City Manager Erika Storlie is set to take over as interim city manager while Evanston conducts a nationwide search to replace outgoing City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz. Bobkiewicz announced in...