Based on Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, in the hypothetical situation that Cook County would separate from Illinois, such a possibility would need approval from the ...

Cook County officials are taking another step in reform efforts which they say led to the elimination of cash bond in ...

A dwindling youth population means shrinking potential – not just economically, but in civic energy, creativity and community ...

Illinois counties are seeking to secede from Chicago and Cook County to form a new state, and Indiana has introduced a bill to create a boundary adjustment commission to consider the possibility of… ...

The population of the Cook County Jail is down about 14%. Other urban parts of the state are also down about 14% in their jail populations, while rural counties are down about 25%.

Cook County's 1,002 homicides, a total that includes Chicago and the surrounding suburbs, was 121 higher than the previous record from 2020 and almost twice as many as the total from 2019.

Prosecutors in Illinois’ Cook County have dropped state sex-crime charges against singer R. Kelly, who has already been convicted of federal charges set to keep him in prison for decades.

Following a Tribune-Illinois Answers Project report, Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s office is fixing hundreds of properties it misclassified.

Based on Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, in the hypothetical situation that Cook County would separate from Illinois, such a possibility would need approval from the ...