Cook County leaders and health officials sounded the alarm Wednesday, warning that changes in the Medicaid work requirement may lead to hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents losing coverage.
Cook County’s finance committee approved a settlement Wednesday for a victim of a coerced confession by detectives who worked under disgraced Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge.
This weekend, the City of Chicago and Cook County are teaming up to help people get certified birth certificates and register to vote, all in one place.
A resolution calling for a review is scheduled for a vote Tuesday in the Health and Hospitals Committee of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Advocates, elected officials and faith leaders say a ...
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
Next month, people with certain criminal convictions will have the chance to get their records expunged or sealed, as Cook County hosts its annual Second Chance Summit.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved planning, design and construction contracts today to continue the pipeline of ...
An off duty Cook County Sheriff's correctional officer was among three men injured in a shooting during fight in River North ...
Cook County is making tens of millions in no-cost loans available to local governments just to help them keep the lights on while the distribution of property tax receipts is delayed for months.
COOK COUNTY, Ill.—Today, the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development (BED) announced 92 businesses received a $100,000 ...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s office awarded stopgap loans to 32 villages, library and school districts worth $191 million, an effort to dull the impact of this fall’s property tax ...
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