O'Connor discusses how some townships in Cook County remain open for appeal to start 2026. CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, ...

Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced ...

Cook County residents are faring better financially since 2022, but inequities along racial lines mean minorities are not as ...

Hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents are expected to be pushed out of the federal food assistance program for people ...

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 ...

For the first time since 2014, Cook County recorded fewer than 600 homicides in a year. The medical examiner handled 541 homicides in 2025.

ILLINOIS – The movement among Illinois counties to separate from Chicago and Cook County to form a new state continues to grow. Those for separating point to things like high taxes and a shrinking ...

According to Reynolds, recent and upcoming developments affecting Illinois residents include: ...

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says his office’s electronic monitoring program, in place for more than three decades, will come to an end next year. Instead, Dart is aiming to have Chief Judge Timothy ...