Eileen O’Neil Burke wants to amend the Illinois criminal code to consider attacks on reproductive health clinics terrorism.

A new poll shows that Cook County residents want more funding for public transit. But they don’t want new tax dollars to do ...

John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell sued the Chicago Police Department and the county in 2020 alleging they were railroaded as ...

The Cook County Department of Public Health has a new leader. Dr. Kiran Joshi has been named Chief Operating Officer of the ...

Cook County Forest Preserves is on a mission to restore 30,000 acres of habitat to high-quality condition by the year 2030.

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke called on legislators to pass a bill that would amend the terrorism article ...

Dr. Kiran Joshi, who had already been interim COO, will officially take over the department protecting the health of more ...

In a statement, the assessor's office said, "The Cook County Assessor's Office does not determine when tax bills go out. For ...

County commissioners approved roughly $48 million in legal settlements on Thursday, including $7.45 million each to two men who won a record jury verdict after wrongfully spending 16 years behind bars ...

Ted Mason, the Democratic Committeeman of Elk Grove Township and chief of staff for 15th District Cook County Board ...

A pickup truck slammed into a suburban church on Friday. Children and officers were hospitalized. Here's what we know.

The population of Morgan dipped, but it still had the state's 13th-largest population, at 16,064, in 1850. Macoupin and Greene counties also were among Illinois counties with the highest population, ...