With a year to go until the 2026 primary election, Democratic Cook County officials are marking their territory. County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Sheriff Tom Dart, Treasurer Maria Pappas and ...

One year after a released inmate from Stateville Correctional Center stabbed his pregnant ex-girlfriend and killed her ...

Illinois was named a Judicial Hellhole for the ninth consecutive year in 2024. The systemic legal abuse in Cook County’s ...

The state agency responsible for keeping Illinois' most vulnerable children safe has failed to produce legally required ...

With several months in office behind her, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is setting a different tone for her post.

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi fixed 491 of at least 620 properties that were misclassified or undervalued during the 2023 ...

Illinois eyes taxing drivers by the mile rather than by the gallon of gas- “Under proposed legislation, Illinois would explore the ...

Candidates who run for mayor of Evanston can tap into public campaign funds from the city, but neither incumbent Daniel Biss ...

CHICAGO HEIGHTS Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza announced Monday her office has summarily suspended and filed a complaint to permanently revoke the ...

Marian “Cindy” Friend Pritzker was the wife of Hyatt Hotels founder Jay Pritzker and mother to their five children. She was ...

As President Donald Trump floats grand ideas like reacquiring the Panama Canal and taking over Greenland, some rural residents of Illinois and Oregon are promoting geopolitical change of their own: Th ...