Evanston’s City Code contains all of the laws and regulations that govern the city. Most likely haven’t read the code’s full text, which contains some obscure ordinances one wouldn’t expect to be law. But not everything you hear about Evanston’s most arcane laws is true. We fact-checked some of the city’s funkiest laws, so next.
Evanston residents will officially observe Election Day on April 4. On the ballot are the 2nd and 9th Ward City Council seats, as well as three open seats on the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education and four on the Evanston Township High School District 202 Board. [Read The Daily’s Evanston Election Guide here].
Both the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and the Evanston Township High School District 202 Boards of Education have seats up for grabs in the upcoming election this April. The District 65 and District 202 boards each comprise seven members who serve four-year terms. This year, two incumbents and three challengers are contending for three positions.
After the November 2022 elections, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education candidate Omar Salem said he and his daughter collected over 200 old lawn signs from around the city. He painted them this winter for his own campaign ahead of April’s municipal election. Salem is one of five candidates running for a spot on.
City Council approved a plan last March to give financial support to small and medium-sized landlords using funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. But landlords haven’t yet received any aid, leaving some frustrated. Evanston received approximately $43 million in ARPA funding to address the city’s economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. In November, the.