As election season kicks off in earnest and the Springfield veto session hurtles to its conclusion, Cook County Board ...

Cook County officials seeking property tax relief for low-income seniors scraped by in the Illinois General Assembly, winning passage of a bill that expands eligibility for senior property tax breaks ...

Cook County has yet to mail out property tax bills that were supposed to go out in July with an August pay-by date. For ...

Lawsuits are mounting from homeowners, investors and counties. Unless lawmakers act, taxpayers could pay millions in damages over Illinois' unconstitutional tax sale system.

State lawmakers are rushing a first-in-the-world wealth tax on billionaires. They also want taxes on streaming services such ...

Dragging petition papers to get on the March ballot, candidates for Cook County offices filled the hallway beneath the county’s administrative building early Monday.

Democratic primary battles formally launched Monday for two of Cook County’s top elected positions. Cook County Board ...

Democrat and Republican candidates seeking office began to file paperwork for the 2026 Illinois primary. Candidates have one ...

Some candidates lined up hours before the week-long filing window opened at 9 a.m. to turn in their stacks of petitions in ...

The city of Chicago, Cook County and the state of Illinois are joining forces to appeal the Trump Administration's denial of ...

Supporters of an Illinois Statehouse pension measure say it is a fix for Tier 2 public employee pensions. Opponents say it ...

If so, it not only bears watching but mandates legislative action allowing municipalities to declare bankruptcy. Harvey, a onetime-prosperous working-class community, recently declared itself ...