Skitch Electric Co. will relocate its new headquarters to Elgin from Streamwood if the company constructing the building can secure a Cook County tax break.

After several years of decline, the population is increasing, helped by immigration, while outbound migration slows.

In November, Cook County passed a $15 million homeowner relief program that is funded by interest fees from late property tax ...

The Chicago metropolitan area and Cook County both saw slight increases in population according to the most recent estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, as international immigration outpaced domestic ...

A Chicago police officer's gun was found unattended in a bathroom at the Cook County courthouse on Thursday. The incident happened around 10 a.m. at the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse, at West ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The life of Jerry Butler was celebrated Wednesday at a memorial planned by his family. The celebration at Apostolic Faith Church in Bronzeville had to have music. Members of "The ...

Voters in Wilmette had the opportunity to learn the views of the four candidates for the Village Board at a League of Women ...

Members of the Field Museum’s labor union and their supporters rallied outside the natural history museum on Wednesday to ...

How distressed real estate plays by suburban firms Goldmine Investments and QCD Financial led to legal peril with $9M in ...

An Illinois lawmaker has introduced a bill that critics say will make it legal for anyone experiencing a mental health episode to attack police officers.

Immigrants played a key role in the growth of major US urban counties last year, with areas like Houston, Miami, and Phoenix ...