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Federal government asks judge to stop Black reparations program, funded by Illinois marijuana taxes

The $20 million program, which is funded by a local tax on legal marijuana sales, gives $25,000 to Black residents or their direct descendants who lived in Evanston, Illinois, between 1919 and 1969 and claim to have suffered housing discrimination because of city ordinances, policies or practices.

The $20 million program, which is funded by a local tax on legal marijuana sales, gives $25,000 to Black residents or their direct descendants who lived in Evanston, Illinois, between 1919 and 1969 and claim to have suffered housing discrimination because of city ordinances, policies or practices.