EVANSTON, Ill. -- Evanston is a Chicago suburb of 75,000 people, and it's about to do something no other city has done in the country: pay reparations to some of its Black residents. "Our goal here in ...

EVANSTON, Ill. -- As a child, Robin Rue Simmons didn't know the Evanston neighborhood she called home was an area where Black families were once forced to live. Rue Simmons grew up just north of ...

EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- The City of Evanston has received more than 500 applications for its restorative housing program, according to city officials. Justin Marcoviche-Garnett applied on behalf of ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois state Sen. Andrew Chesney is voicing sharp criticism of the city of Evanston’s reparations program, calling it “outrageous” and “offensive to everyone.” Chesney’s ...

Officials in the Chicago suburb of Evanston voted Monday to release the first batch of funds in a program offering reparations to Black residents whose families have felt the effects of decades of ...

The Reparations Stakeholders Authority of Evanston held a community meeting at the Faith Temple Church Monday night to discuss how to allocate its $1 million reparations fund. The forum, intended to ...

Evanston’s Reparations Committee met for a 45-minute meeting Thursday to discuss opening a third cannabis dispensary and spotlight local businesses. Economic Development Manager Paul Zalmezak gave an ...

A reparations program in Evanston, Illinois — designed to hand out $25,000 payments to black residents — is being sued because only black residents were allowed to apply. The Supreme Court’s decision ...

University of Illinois professors advocate for collective reparations at Illinois meeting, calling for community payments ...

Lawmakers in Evanston, Ill., are going to be using the money from taxes on legalized marijuana to pay reparations to their black residents. It's aimed at solving two problems the community has faced.