Cook County is taking steps to help more students from underserved communities grow into healthcare professionals.

Up for grabs in primary elections Tuesday are two suburban districts covering much of the Southland and northwest suburbs, ...

Seeking her fifth term, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is up against downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly. He is ...

With the first phase of the planned demolition of the 153-acre Oak Forest Hospital campus now complete, Cook County is ...

Incumbent Toni Preckwinkle has spent the past 16 years as board president. Running against her is Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly, who has represented the city’s 42nd Ward since 2007 ...

With the primary just days away on Tuesday, Cook County’s 17-member board of commissioners is on the verge of a serious shake ...

Research shows one in 10 children experience a traumatic brain injury every year, according to the brain injury association.

Cook County and the state of Illinois erased upwards of $1.5 billion in medical debt for over 770,000 Cook County residents through the Illinois Medical Debt Relief Program, leaving many county ...

Jennifer Tescher is founder and CEO of the Financial Health Network, a Chicago-based nonprofit dedicated to improving ...

The comptroller is the state’s chief financial officer. Holly Kim is endorsed by outgoing comptroller Susana Mendoza, however ...

The cuts, imposed by the Trump administration, will hit the county’s bottom line next year, threatening the ability of more than 400,000 Cook County residents to get necessary health care.