Opioid overdose deaths are down for the third straight year in Chicago and suburban Cook County. According to a report ...

ILLINOIS – Should Cook County, home to Chicago and sprawling suburbs, break away from Illinois to form a new state? Voters in several Illinois counties could encounter a striking question, similarly ...

Cook County's machine-learning tax model made assessments fairer, yet homeowner bills soared. The appeals system, not the ...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has announced $20 million of taxpayer funding for community violence intervention. Preckwinkle said the county has spent $110 million on CVI services over ...

Cook County, Illinois, officials released a $9.89 billion executive budget recommendation Thursday, after saying in a press briefing Wednesday that the nation's second-most populous county will see no ...

Early voting for the 2024 general election begins at some spots in suburban Cook County this week, the Cook County Clerk's Office said, with "limited" early voting locations set to open Wednesday.

With health care subsidies expiring in the new year, Cook County Health officials and political leaders on Wednesday warned the impact will not only hurt millions of Americans but also affect the ...

Illinois and Cook County's minimum wage will soon go up once again. Beginning in 2025, the state and county's minimum wage will officially increase to $15 an hour for non-tipped employees. Tipped ...

Illinois and Cook County have pledged about $250 million in funding to aid the ongoing migrant crisis, but the city says it never committed to provide its own share of $71 million. State, county and ...

The city of Chicago, Cook County, and the state of Illinois plan to appeal President Trump's decision to deny a disaster declaration that would have provided federal relief funding for homes and ...