A circuit court judge ruled this week that Cook County had misspent hundreds of millions of transportation dollars, a win for the trade association representing construction firms statewide. Judge ...

Cook County’s delayed property tax bills are straining school districts with nearly $122 million in unexpected, unneeded costs.

Weeks after two lawyer groups urged his removal over a blog post on a conservative opinion site, the state high court vacated ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents are expected to be pushed out of the federal food assistance program for people with low incomes as soon as May 1.

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas recognizes Assyrian National Heritage by honoring more than two dozen civic, business and community leaders ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- For months the I-Team has been looking into a nationwide run on guns and especially the appetite for firearms in Illinois, following COVID lockdowns and the violence after the George ...