Former Chicago Ald. Howard Brookins (21st) was a late entry Thursday in the field of candidates seeking the Cook County ...

Cook County’s Board of Ethics fined Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele and aides for a series of breaches this week, finding that she provided confidential information to the press ...

THURSDAY’s ANSWER: Gov. JB Pritzker made the first large contribution to jumpstart the Better Government Association’s ...

Illinois' Cook County faces a general fund budget gap of $102.6 million in 2026, and county grants are at risk under the new White House and Republican-controlled Congress, officials said Tuesday.

Cook County’s minimum wage, on the other hand, will not increase on July 1, 2025, and will remain the same as the applicable statewide minimum wage.

The program is available to eligible homebuyers purchasing homes in Cook County, Illinois and provides assistance equal to 5% of the first mortgage amount (up to $25,000).

Issue: Whether the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution provides the sort of explicit textual source of constitutional protection for overdetention such that the Eighth Amendment, not substantive due ...

Wayne Hensche, age 76, of Grand Marais, MN. passed away on November 24, 2024. He was born September 16, 1948, to Ernest and Gertrude Hensche, of a farm family in southern Minnesota. Early years were ...

Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke, the Chicago county's top prosecutor, has laid out her plan to address a domestic violence crisis.

Cook County Health has created a new role to lead clinical care through the public health care system, naming Dr. Daniel McCormick as executive chief clinical officer.

A Cook County official outlines how data, outreach and reform can help fix a property tax system that unfairly burdens low-income and minority homeowners.