Mike Quigley has updated his mayoral campaign website, making it look much more official than it did before when I came across it a month ago:

“Like a middle finger” and “Soviet-era public housing” were some ways Evanston’s preservation panel described a proposed Emerson mid-rise last night They were asked to weigh in given the project’s proximity to Ebenezer AME Church, which is designed as a city landmark evanstonnow.com/giving-the-m...

You know what would've been helpful for this discourse? If Politico had actually talked to doctors, physicians and medical professionals for their take on this story, instead of three Democratic strategists and operatives, who don't appear to have any medical credentials themselves

New from me — Northlight Theatre in Evanston is nearing competition, with a sign placed on the building's facade this afternoon ahead of a ribbon cutting in July, a gala in August and the opening show, a premiere of "The Front Page" on Sept. 9

A *very* late night at Evanston City Hall ends with the City Council adopting a sweeping housing plan that lays the groundwork for a new citywide zoning code to permit multi-unit housing throughout the city Still a long way to go before that, but the effort to derail/strike YIMBY language failed

The Housing Opportunity Development Corp. broke ground today on a 33-unit affordable housing development in Evanston's 5th Ward. Some pro-housing advocates say the project is a model for "YIGBY" efforts they're pushing for at the state level. evanstonnow.com/hodc-breaks-...

NEW — Evanston police said Friday they had made a second arrest in connection with a shooting on April 23 at Mason Park in Evanston, where (fortunately) no one was injured

At Rep. Lauren Underwood’s brunch on the river today, Rep. AOC and IL-9 nominee and Evanston mayor Daniel Biss with a brief conversation Lots of big names in attendance, as you can see from this table alone

As of Thursday mid-afternoon, Northwestern’s Canvas site is down after an alleged website breach by cybercrime group ShinyHunters. — Reported by Clara B. Freeth and Anavi Prakash dailynorthwestern.com/2026/05/07/c...

Update from Metra: Metra ticket holders can show their Metra ticket at CTA stations for Red, Brown and Purple line access due to the UP-N closure in Wilmette

Metra's UP-North line is shut down after Metra reported a collision with a truck near the Green Bay Rd. and Linden Ave. intersection in Wilmette

🚆 Metra UP-N: inbound and outbound trains are halted near Wilmette due to train 337 striking a vehicle. Extensive delays are anticipated. Customers are advised to seek alternate transportation at this time. Metra will provide updates as information becomes available

Three posts in a row this week just like this one from State Rep., making sure everyone knows he's in Springfield after a few quiet weeks on social media after his loss in #IL09 Dem primary His staff is also fending off "wild rumors and false and malicious posters" that he's gone fishing

Can't wait to join @shiakapos.bsky.social at The Hideout tonight for @Politico Playbook Live! Join us ➡️

Fox News parachuting in to write about something despite having no clue what they're actually talking about...color me shocked The ARPA-funded guaranteed income program has nothing to do with the reparations program, but of course, they wouldn't know that

'”Pigs” and people protest on May Day, as over 100 showed up to the demonstration organized by Indivisible Evanston evanstonnow.com/pigs-and-peo...

A Northwestern spox said in a statement that the university was aware of the incident at the construction site of the new Kellogg building, adding "our thoughts are with those involved.”

Wow Scott Jennings blows up at Adam Mockler: “Get your fucking hand out of my face” Mockler: We all know that Scott Jennings is more than happy to defend a war with a country that starts with letters Ira that we are currently failing that is going to put us trillions of dollars more in debt.

Evanston police responded to a construction accident this afternoon on Northwestern’s campus where a 57-year-old construction worker fell four stories and died, police said Police said there are no signs of criminal activity @amartinez99.bsky.social reporting

Genuinely love to see a stance changed like this — and publicly acknowledged. Public opinion is in our favor. It’s long past time for Illinois lawmakers to repeal this anti-free speech law.

Update from the Evanston Police Department EPD Chief Schenita Stewart is out of town, "but she has received the report and it is under review."

This is an important update to the IAC's report She's not saying her office can't prosecute, but says she can only bring charges after an investigation from law enforcement Hence, the reason Pritzker today urged local municipalities, including Evanston, to launch investigations

"All I hear are a bunch of excuses." Those were the words of former judge Rubén Castillo, who led the Illinois Accountability Commission's investigation into alleged misconduct by federal agents, when asked about prosecutors saying they can't charge federal agents More below

Gov. Pritzker said that the Evanston Police Department is among the departments which the IAC will forward its report urging investigations into potentially criminal misconduct by federal agents

Gov. Pritzker is speaking now to address the release of the Illinois Accountability Commission final report released this morning

"Should I be elected to Congress this fall, I will use that seat to oppose national efforts to criminalize or crack down on free speech or peaceful political activity. And I will do so irrespective of whether I personally agree with the activity in question," Biss wrote Story here:

Daniel Biss supported Illinois' anti-BDS legislation in 2015 when he was in the state senate and is not a supporter of the BDS movement, but says he now supports a push from State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid to repeal that very same law he supported

Illinois' Accountability Commission said this week it will likely include recommendations for criminal charges against federal agents for their actions during Operation Midway Blitz, including potentially against an agent who was involved in the violent clash on Halloween in Evanston

Biss on federal prosecutors dropping the conspiracy charges against his former #IL09 opponent and three others:

Today’s ruling guts one of the most important civil rights laws in our nation’s history. The Voting Rights Act was created to ensure minority communities have a voice and are fairly represented in our democracy.

Wow - prosecutors say they're going to move to dismiss count one of the complaint. That's the conspiracy count. All that would remain would be the misdemeanor impeding charge.

Pritzker today: "We're not going to stand for it in Illinois. We're going to push back. We have options for pushing back and that is under discussion in the legislature."

AOC on how Democrats should respond to SCOTUS weakening VRA: “And so if Republicans are going to redraw North Carolina, if they're going to redraw Texas, if they're going to redraw and gerrymander every one of their states, then unfortunately, we have to provide balance to that”

A 20-year-old Evanston man is now facing an attempted murder charge in connection with a shooting incident that took place last Thursday in a quiet neighborhood park in Evanston EPD says two groups exchanged gunfire and have now charged one with attempted murder

These could include Border Patrol agent Charles Exum, who shot Marimar Martinez five times in October, as well as Timothy Donahue, who previously made news for aggressive conduct in Evanston: evanstonroundtable.com/2025/11/25/a...

Update on the shooting this afternoon in Evanston: EPD says no one was injured after two groups of people were involved in a shooting in Mason Park, a preliminary investigation shows EPD detectives were on site investigating as of 2 p.m.

Evanston police are investigating reports of a shooting at Mason Park Evanston Township High School was placed on a soft precautionary lockdown Thursday afternoon evanstonnow.com/police-inves...

Rep. @laurenunderwood.bsky.social is taking over hosting her own annual "Ultimate Women's Power Lunch" as Rep. Jan Schakowsky retires from Congress (Schakowsky has hosted this for years) Underwood's event set for May 8, with Schakowsky as a special guest and @aoc.bsky.social as the keynote speaker

NEW – Evanston police confirmed one person was transported to a local hospital this evening with an apparent non-life-threatening gunshot wound after a report of shots fired on Howard Street around 6 p.m. Police are investigating evanstonnow.com/one-injured-...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order today banning state employees from using insider information to bet on prediction markets:

Last night, developers presented plans for a 64-unit apartment building and 15 townhomes on the 800 block of Main Street to replace a vacant storefront building and two city-owned parking lots evanstonnow.com/developers-n...

New from me: Pritzker on his BUILD Plan: “When you run into people who are maybe opposed to this, ask them, 'What are we going to do then? What is the alternative?' There really isn’t a good alternative to this.”

Hello from River North where Gov. JB Pritzker is participating in a discussion and pitching his BUILD housing plan

👀 That's...a big gap

NEW: Developers of the proposed high-rise at Church Street Plaza have submitted revised plans that cut the project’s height by one story. Despite this, the new plans add two additional dwelling units to the building. evanstonnow.com/clark-st-dev...

Between campaign expenditures and outside spending, over $22 million was spent in the 9th district Democratic primary to succeed Evanston congresswoman Jan Schakowsky From me: evanstonnow.com/over-22m-spe...

So I'll definitely do a closer look at who spent what and where they spent it, but the most interesting thing that jumps out at me first is staff: Laura Fine paid a salary to almost 30 people Kat Abughazaleh paid a salary to 12 people Daniel Biss paid a salary to 4 people