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Reparations committee approves plan to distribute 46 direct‑descendant awards in 2025

2294515 · February 12, 2025
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The City of Evanston Reparations Committee accepted a distribution plan to send monthly payments to 46 direct descendants in 2025, to be funded by municipal cannabis tax revenue and $1 million from the real‑estate transfer tax.

The City of Evanston Reparations Committee on Feb. 6 accepted a plan to distribute payments to 46 direct descendants in 2025.

Committee members said the distributions will cover applicants numbered 81 through 126 and will be funded by revenue from the municipal retail cannabis tax together with a $1,000,000 allocation from the city’s real‑estate transfer tax. Disbursements are scheduled to be made monthly as funds become available; the…

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