Alex Harrison

Chicago, Evanston

Reporter at Evanston RoundTable

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Evanston listed on feds' 'sanctuary jurisdictions' list that was scrubbed days later

2 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

City officials are in “wait and see” mode after Evanston was included in an online list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” published May 29 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which by Sunday, June 1, had already been scrubbed from the DHS website.
City Council to hold special summer meetings to finalize Envision plan

3 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

City officials are lining up the draft comprehensive plan developed under Envision Evanston 2045 for its final landing this summer, with two special City Council meetings scheduled to allow expanded discussion and public input on the policy document intended to guide the city over the next 20 years.
Council nixes expanding mayor's voting power, raises bar for acting mayor in new rules

4 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

The city’s Rules Committee decided to reject creating new voting powers for the mayor, among several suggested significant tweaks to how the City Council will operate under a brand new set of rules — all while only making it through the first three sections out of eight in the draft rulebook being developed by staff.
Construction on Central: As Ryan Field rises, NU applies to rebuild softball stadium

5 days ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

Northwestern University’s athletic campus on Central Street is in for a busy summer construction season, not only from work scaling up on the new Ryan Field football stadium but also from the demolition and reconstruction of the softball stadium next door, a project that will soon go before City Council.
Tax-burdened homeowners offered $1,000 in help from county 'relief fund'

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

Homeowners chafing under big property tax spikes in recent years could get a boost from Cook County, as the county’s Bureau of Economic Development prepares to offer one-time payments of $1,000 each from a new “Homeowner Relief Fund.”The $15 million program was created in 2024 and incorporated in the county’s 2025 budget using excess unassigned funds.
Council Bytes: Jackson/Emerson contract rejected for lower bid

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

The recommended bidder for a contract to design an affordable housing project for city-owned land at Jackson Avenue and Emerson Street was voted down unanimously Tuesday night by the city’s Administration & Public Works Committee, members of which said they’d rather go with the runner-up bidder for about half the price. The APW committee met before the full City Council meeting.
City Council notes: What to watch for during Tuesday's meeting

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

Evanston’s City Council will meet in the Council Chambers at Morton City Hall, 909 Davis St., at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, pushed back from the usual Monday meeting due to the Memorial Day holiday.
City officials aiming to fix Fountain Square next year

1 week ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

Long-awaited repairs to the eponymous fountain at downtown’s Fountain Square are again on the horizon, as city officials are working toward including the project in next year’s slate of capital projects with the goal of turning the water back on in summer 2026. These plans were hinted at by Paul Zalmezak, the city’s economic development manager, during a First Ward meeting Thursday evening.
Settlement reached in class action lawsuit against Evanston and Chicago landlord

2 weeks ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

A group of tenants have reached a settlement in their long-running class action suit against landlord Sargon Isaac, but only after a judge nearly sanctioned Isaac for alleged “unnecessary delays” in actually signing the agreement. Initially filed by three former tenants of Isaac’s Evanston properties in December 2021, the case has since snowballed into a consolidated group of four lawsuits and a fifth pending suit with 15 named plaintiffs who rented from Isaac in Evanston and Chicago.
Envision Evanston 2045 plan gets commission nod

2 weeks ago | evanstonroundtable.com | Alex Harrison

After six months, 11 meetings and over 40 hours of commissioner discussion and public comment, the city’s Land Use Commission voted 7-1 Wednesday night to recommend City Council adopt the new comprehensive plan created under Envision Evanston 2045, teeing it up for final debate and adoption over the summer. The comprehensive plan is designed to be the city’s guiding policy document in numerous areas for the next 20 years.