Illinois city was the first to pay Blacks residents $25K in reparations, but how will it find more funding?

Evanston was the first city to pay Blacks residents $25K in reparations, but how will it find more funding? – FOX News

Committee members have reportedly previously discussed the lack of revenue from their cannabis tax source, due to low sales at the two dispensaries in the city. "When you tax something at a high rate, customers are less likely to purchase that product and are more likely to identify alternatives," said Tiffany Ingram, of the Cannabis Business Association of Illinois. The reparations fund had also received $276,588 from Evanston’s real estate tra…

Illinois city was the first to pay Blacks residents $25K in reparations, but how will it find more funding?

The City of Evanston, Illinois' Reparations Committee issued $25,000 to 44 residents earlier this month in reparations' payments and is currently looking for other ways to keep the program funded.Committee members have reportedly previously discussed the lack of revenue from their cannabis tax source, due to low sales at the two dispensaries in the city. "When you tax something at a high rate, customers are less likely to purchase that product a…