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

Cook County officials are taking another step in reform efforts which they say led to the elimination of cash bond in ...

A veteran who died in Chicago without any recollection of their life has been memorialized in a funeral service with military ...

The announcement of construction in Cook County marks Ripple Fiber's entrance into their eighth state: Illinois.

When Cook County sheriff’s deputies burst into the Maywood home of 74-year-old Velma Lewis with a battering ram, it wasn’t because she had committed a crime.

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

Health care spending, which makes up some 60% of the overall county budget, will actually see a budget shortfall in 2025, after expectations of a surplus.

Illinois quick hits: Pritzker launching reelection campaign; hearings for three readings lawsuits Gov. J.B. Pritzker is ...

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

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.

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 ...

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle react to passage of the Republicans' so-called "Big ...