Early results showed Dolton, Illinois Village Trustee Jason House trouncing embattled Mayor Tiffany Henyard in the south ...

Adding an auction step could make tax-delinquent properties more expensive, but homeowners would receive excess proceeds.

Dozens more victims have come forward claiming they were sexually assaulted while in juvenile correction centers run by the state of Illinois and Cook County.

The Cook County Creative Placemaking program will award grants of $50,000 to $250,000 to suburban-based nonprofit ...

More than 30 Illinois counties are looking to leave the state and join another state. Here's what you need to know.

The Supreme Court ruled in May 2023 that tax sales as they've been practiced in several states unconstitutionally rob ...

The federal lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Chicago, claims sanctuary policies in Illinois that keep local ...

Federal officials are asking a judge to bar the Illinois, Chicago, Cook County and the Cook County Sheriff from using local ...

More than 130 people allege they were sexually abused as children while in custody at youth detention centers in Illinois ...

Nearly 2 million Illinoisans, with around half in Cook County, relied on federal food assistance in October 2024, marking a ...

Thirty-three counties are exploring the possibility of forming a separate state, distancing themselves from Cook County. The Illinois Separation Movement is efforting to get more counties and ...