LAKE FOREST, Illinois — Chicago-area suburbs like ... Chicago’s four other collar counties, the nickname given to the five counties that surround the centrally located Cook County in the ...

Illinois had a slight decrease in food assistance recipients in January, yet the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Officials of fellow collar counties Will and Kane and downstate ... In the wake of the Tyler decision, eight Illinois counties were hit with a lawsuit in late 2023 alleging they take the whole ...

During the Illinois Farm Bureau Board’s July meeting ... Cook County and the five collar counties contribute more to the state than the state spends in those counties in return, based on ...

An advisory referendum regarding splitting Chicago and the collar counties from the rest of Illinois has gained traction locally, but according to many, including supporters, it is likely to have ...

That’s when in-person early voting begins in many parts of Illinois, including the collar counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will. Today also marks the first day for local election ...

Continuing a recent trend, a group of Illinois counties will cast votes on whether or not they should seek to form a state separate from Chicago and Cook County. According to the Illinois State ...