Rich Township Supervisor Calvin Jordan was sworn in Thursday at a ceremony in Oak Brook to become the first African American ...

Seeking to identify long-term shifts in how the criminal justice system operates in Cook County, Loyola University ...

The decision aims to provide Illinois legislators a window to overhaul state law. Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas said the county’s annual August tax sale will be postponed for seven months ...

The county health care fund should see 2025 revenues up even higher than budgeted by $61.8 million, but Cook County Health will see a negative net result of $15 million by year-end, driven by the ...

Delta Township, the county's largest municipality, has contracted with the sheriff's office for police services for decades. It pays approximately $4.4 million, ...

In total, the county plans to spend $9 million it has received from the federal government to help recover from the COVID-19 pandemic to erase up to $1 billion in medical debt for county residents.

VILLA PARK, Ill. - A Cook County man will stay in jail after prosecutors said he allegedly threatened a woman during a carjacking at a Taco Bell restaurant in Villa Park earlier this year ...

Cook County is in the midst of a "domestic violence crisis." That's the message shared with the ABC7 I-Team by State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke and survivor advocates working to put an end to ...

Cook County originally planned to spend $12 million on its medical debt relief program but reduced the amount after the state announced their own initiative, Preckwinkle said. The state can erase ...

As a fledgling tech contractor looking to build its business in the insular world of Cook County politics, Texas-based Tyler Technologies turned to one of Illinois’ most well-connected lobbyists ...

Cook County Assessor, Fritz Kaegi, joins WGN's Ray Cortopassi in-studio to discuss why. WGN-TV Chicago. Cook County Property Tax Burden Shift. Posted: June 6, 2025 | Last updated: June 8, 2025.