Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is vying for a fifth term, but she’s facing a strong challenge from Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly.

Cook County prosecutors dismissed 21 cases that were filed against protesters at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker met with Cook County health officials Tuesday to announce a $1.8 billion in erased medical debt for residents through a state program.

Incumbents in two Cook County races often overshadowed by other political contests that nonetheless sway Chicago real estate markets are facing tough competition in the March 17 Democratic primary, ...

Illinois and local officials announced Cook County will continue funding the medical debt forgiveness program next year, once ...

Early voting for the 2026 Illinois primary expanded an additional 55 locations in Cook County Monday and opened across all 50 ...

Jury Returns Verdict Following Four-Week Trial Involving 2017 Labor and Delivery While nothing can undo Dylan’s injury, ...

Hynes got his start as a commercial appraiser of industrial properties and later became a longtime employee of the Cook County Assessor’s Office. He worked under former assessor ...

A bill being proposed in Springfield would let county circuit court clerk's offices decide to opt into having a depository to securely store a resident's will without them needing to hire an attorney.

According to Crain's Chicago Business, the measure lets the Cook County Treasurer push the auction back again and keeps in place temporary caps on interest for certain delinquent balances while ...

The office of Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Charles Beach issued a fraud alert Sunday warning the public about a scam ...

The latest chapter in an ongoing legal battle between Abbott Laboratories and parents of babies born prematurely is slated to play out in Chicago this week — with the beginning of a trial that could ...