Beach will be Cook County’s first new chief judge in 24 years, after defeating eight-term incumbent Timothy Evans.

Incumbent Timothy Evans has served for 24 years, already the longest of any chief judge in Cook County history. Two ...

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Attorney Ava George Stewart, slated for one of the four county-wide judicial vacancies on the 2026 ballot, stands with other candidates as they prepare to give speeches at the slating event. Credit: ...

A Cook County Jail screenshot from surveillance camera footage of Cory Ulmer sitting handcuffed in a holding cell about one hour before he died on June 21, 2024. Credit: Illinois State Police report ...

As a fledgling tech contractor looking to build its business in the insular world of Cook County politics, Texas-based Tyler Technologies turned to one of Illinois’ most well-connected lobbyists to ...

In their end-of-session dash to pass a state budget, Illinois lawmakers put off consideration of proposed reforms to property tax sales and foreclosures. That leaves Illinois the only remaining state ...

This investigation was reported in collaboration with the Chicago Tribune. In a flurry of contracts inked a decade ago, some of Illinois’ most powerful political figures declared it was time to fix ...