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Evanston reparations committee reports $5.24 million disbursed; cites lower-than-expected cannabis tax revenue
Summary
At a March 6 listening session the City of Evanston Reparations Committee said it has disbursed $5,242,974.81 to 212 recipients and has $1.2 million committed to advance further payments; committee members said cannabis sales tax revenue has fallen short of a 2019 projection that assumed three dispensaries.
The City of Evanston Reparations Committee said at a March 6 listening session that it has disbursed $5,242,974.81 to 212 recipients and has $1,200,000 committed to advance additional disbursements.
Reparations Committee member Robin Lou Simmons said the committee’s total paid to date includes “just about all of the elders that were selected,” and that the committee is continuing to work through payments for direct descendants. “This hasn't changed, since our last bank's announcement, but we have disbursed $5,242,974.81 to a total of 212 recipients,” Simmons…
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