Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced ...

Record Cook County property tax hikes under Toni Preckwinkle expose a fundamentally broken system, benefitting insiders and ...

Hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents are expected to be pushed out of the federal food assistance program for people ...

The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version. The Cook County Board of Commissioners ...

Cook County residents are faring better financially since 2022, but inequities along racial lines mean minorities are not as ...

A Cook County judge just rewired a big piece of Chicago’s police-oversight machinery, ruling Wednesday that Illinois law does allow the Civilian Office of Police Accountability to investigate fatal ...

O'Connor discusses how some townships in Cook County remain open for appeal to start 2026. CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, ...

A jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of murdering a Cook County judge, following a seven-day trial during which prosecutors ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Cook County program designed to relieve patient medical debt may not be working for everyone. For many struggling to pay their hospital bills, the financial relief may come a little ...

It was a winning weekend for Illinois Lottery players, with nearly $12.8 million in prizes won across three games, including an $11.6 million Lotto jackpot.