Cook County homeowners face rising property taxes. Three-fourths of that money is going to police and fire pensions instead ...

Cook County, Illinois has become a focal point in the national debate over how local governments can support residents facing volatile wages, rising housing costs, and uneven access to public benefits ...

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 ...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is calling for Illinois lawmakers to include attacks against reproductive health centers as an act of terrorism following a car bombing outside a ...

Cook County Democratic Party Chair Toni Preckwinkle on Wednesday told a packed room of Democrats that both Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Sen. Dick Durbin aren’t quite ready to discuss their reelection ...

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