{"id":4826,"date":"2026-03-11T19:39:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/evanston-reparations-committee-seeks-new-revenue-streams-as-original-funding-dwindles\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T19:39:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:39:06","slug":"evanston-reparations-committee-seeks-new-revenue-streams-as-original-funding-dwindles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/evanston-reparations-committee-seeks-new-revenue-streams-as-original-funding-dwindles\/","title":{"rendered":"Evanston Reparations Committee seeks new revenue streams as original funding dwindles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\t            <small class=\"post-date\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/in-the-news\/\">In The News<\/a><br \/>\n\t<span class=\"datesource-spacer\">|<\/span><br \/>\n\t\tMarch 09, 2026<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"container-featured-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>From Chicago Tribune:<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">In May 2024, conservative activist group Judicial Watch filed<a id=\"OWAdb598df8-0595-fc0d-1549-a955bf9bfa86\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/o\/h7T87\/https:\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2024\/05\/24\/conservative-group-files-lawsuit-over-evanston-reparations-program\/\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/o\/h7T87\/https:\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2024\/05\/24\/conservative-group-files-lawsuit-over-evanston-reparations-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" data-ogsc=\"\">\u00a0a class action lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0against Evanston arguing the reparations program violated the 14th amendment\u2019s equal protection clause by using race as an eligibility requirement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\u201cThe program\u2019s use of a race-based eligibility requirement is presumptively unconstitutional, and remedying societal discrimination is not a compelling government interest,\u201d Judicial Watch stated in a response to the city\u2019s motion to dismiss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\u201cAmong the program\u2019s other fatal flaws is that it uses race as a proxy for discrimination without requiring proof of discrimination.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">Judicial Watch originally filed the suit on behalf of six non-Black individuals whose ancestors also lived in Evanston during the same time period. According to <a id=\"OWA0d015387-bea6-23ce-48a9-ecad7d3dfd23\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/o\/h7T87\/https:\/clearinghouse.net\/case\/45655\/%23:~:text=The%20City%20filed%20a%20motion,has%20yet%20to%20be%20rescheduled.\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/o\/h7T87\/https:\/clearinghouse.net\/case\/45655\/%23:~:text=The%20City%20filed%20a%20motion,has%20yet%20to%20be%20rescheduled.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\" data-ogsc=\"\">Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse records<\/a>, the case is still ongoing as of January 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">Committee members are expected to reconvene April 2 to further review both the 2221 Keeney sale and Delta-8 THC tax recommendations for consideration of additional reparations funding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2026\/03\/06\/evanston-reparations-committee-seeks-new-revenue-streams-as-original-funding-dwindles\/\">here<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In The News | March 09, 2026 From Chicago Tribune: In May 2024, conservative activist group Judicial Watch filed\u00a0a class action lawsuit\u00a0against Evanston arguing the reparations program violated the 14th amendment\u2019s equal protection clause by using race as an eligibility requirement. \u201cThe program\u2019s use of a race-based eligibility requirement is presumptively unconstitutional, and remedying societal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-conservative-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conservative-politics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}