Christian Mitchell has had strong detractors ever since Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle elevated the young Black man out of obscurity and backed him for the Illinois House in 2012.

The first two homes in a $12 million modular housing initiative opened, part of a push to add affordable for-sale units across the region.

An extraordinary cold case investigation revealed a formerly unidentified ward of the state to be a Women's Army Corps ...

A dwindling youth population means shrinking potential – not just economically, but in civic energy, creativity and community ...

In Illinois, 1.9 million residents receive SNAP benefits, including more than 891,000 people in Cook County. Approximately ...

Illinois counties, including Madison, Calhoun and Clinton, voted to leave the state because some voters said state laws favor ...

Regional animosities have existed in Illinois since before it was admitted to the Union in 1818 as the 21st state, and only ...

The Clerk of the Circuit Court is the front door to the criminal justice system, and Clerk Mariyana Spyropoulos has pledged to keep that door open to all ...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is calling for Illinois lawmakers to include attacks against reproductive health centers as an act of terrorism following a car bombing ...

Since 2019, more than 1,000 owner-occupied homes in Cook County — including more than 125 homes owned by older people — were taken through property tax foreclosure, the news organizations found.