Cook County homeowners have all been granted an extension in paying their first-installment property tax bills for 2026.

State legislature enacted a one-time-only extension to help taxpayers with the short gap between bills.

Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.

Cook County misspent $243 million intended for transportation, handing a victory to the state road-building industry, a judge ...

A little less than six weeks before the March 17 primary election, Democratic Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon urged mail-in ...

Cook County’s delayed property tax bills are straining school districts with nearly $122 million in unexpected, unneeded costs.

A Circuit Court judge ruled that Cook County misspent millions of dollars in funding for transportation.

A Cook County Circuit Judge in Illinois rules that Cook County misdirected $243 million in transportation revenues in 2023 that should have gone to transportation infrastructure needs.

A circuit court judge has ruled that Cook County spent $243 million in violation of the Illinois constitution. According to ...

Local Democratic leaders are urging Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke to investigate and potentially ...

Illinois Democratic and Republican voters will soon decide their party’s nominees for races at the federal and state levels, as well as in a few local races, during the March 17 primary election.