Cory Ulmer died at the Cook County Jail shortly after correctional officers struck him several times and threw him to the ...

Cook County faces a general fund budget gap of $102.6 million in 2026, and many grants are at risk under the new White House ...

Cook County and Chicago are under an Extreme Heat Warning starting Saturday morning, a Heat Advisory has been issued for the ...

Tyler Technologies’ major Cook County contracts – peppered with delays and cost overruns – were shepherded by lobbyist Jay ...

Health care spending, which makes up some 60% of the overall county budget, will actually see a budget shortfall in 2025, ...

Cook County is predicting a $211.4 million budget shortfall for 2026, a relatively modest gap that officials said was more of ...

Efforts to overhaul Cook County’s property tax system largely fizzled out in the Illinois state legislature this session.

Cook County forecasts a $211.4 million gap for FY2026, an improvement from previous years, reflecting stable fiscal ...

The announcement of construction in Cook County marks Ripple Fiber's entrance into their eighth state: Illinois.

Budget lawsuit hearing set A lawsuit claiming the process Democrats used to approve the Illinois state budget was ...

A jury awarded $5.5 million to the family of Sandy Brooks, tying the largest verdict for nursing home neglect in county ...