For Cook County residents hoping to lower their property tax bills, applications are open for exemptions.

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 ...

Cook County is providing $10 million to the Greater Chicago Food Depository to help make sure local families in need have sufficient access to fresh food.

Officials in Cook County, Illinois crafted rules for a permanent guaranteed income program, building on pilot that provided 3,250 families with $500 monthly.

A Skokie woman said ICE detained her for nearly 48 hours after landing at O’Hare. Three separate law enforcement agencies say ...

O'Connor discusses how the Cook County tax bills are due on April 1. CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, March 11, 2026 ...

Federal officials stood firm Wednesday in disputing the account of an Illinois woman who claimed she was held at a Chicago airport more than 24 hours before being transferred to immigration detention ...

The federal agency claimed Sundas “Sunny” Naqvi, a U.S. citizen from Skokie, was released nearly an hour after she was flagged for secondary screening at O'Hare Airport Thursday and posted photos ...

LaMar Cook, the former deputy director for Gov. Maura Healey's western Massachusetts office, was released on bail after facing charges of drug trafficking and firearm possession.

Family and friends of Sunny Naqvi, 28, a U.S. citizen, provided a detailed account of what they say was Naqvi's extended and illegal detention in Illinois and Wisconsin.

A group of scientists and law enforcement officials are pointing to the role moss can play to help solve crimes.