SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday tapped a Cook County official to run the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and ...

A bill throwing out the welcome mat to separation-minded counties in Illinois has passed both bodies of the Indiana ...

One person was killed and four others were injured, after seven vehicles were involved in a crash Friday afternoon in Chicago ...

The state requires jails to report when they use restraint chairs. For nearly 900 cases from 2019 to 2023, Cook County Jail ...

After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has ...

One of several examples the U.S. Department of Justice gave of how federal officials have been obstructed by Illinois’ ...

CHICAGO — Cook County is trying to make navigating its services easier for people, regardless of what language they speak.

Commissioners in the second-most populous US county have green-lit large payments to residents who are struggling to make ...

County officials argue they are “compelled” by the state to seize property in a way the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unlawful ...

Jury begins deliberations in corruption case Jury deliberations are underway in the bribery case against Illinois Sen. Emil ...

On April 10, 2025, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved further revisions to the Commission on Human Rights’ regulations implementing ...