Evanston residents will no longer hear “welcome to Chili’s” after Dec. 15, when the casual dining establishment will shutter its doors at 1765 Maple Ave., an employee confirmed to The Daily. The employee, who requested to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, said staff learned the news...
Attorneys in the lawsuit charging progressive content creator Kat Abughazaleh and five others with two counts each for activities during a protest against federal immigration enforcement agreed to delay setting a trial date at a Thursday morning status hearing at the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse. Abughazaleh is a frontrunner for the Democratic nomination to replace outgoing U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) in Illinois’ 9th Congressional District. In October, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Illinois filed charges against her and five co-defendants, including several other Democratic politicians, for allegedly conspiring to “interrupt,...
