Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi and challenger Pat Hynes met for a Tribune editorial board endorsement session Monday ...

A circuit court judge ruled this week that Cook County had misspent hundreds of millions of transportation dollars, a win for the organization representing construction firms.

As she campaigns for a fifth term as Cook County Board president, Toni Preckwinkle is saying the unit of government she ...

Just over a month after Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach ordered an urgent review of the county's electronic monitoring program, changes are being made in an effort to more quickly track down ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — After two shaky terms and voter anger about their property tax bills, Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is in ...

A micro SD card. A hidden camera. A Labrador named Boone. How Cook County’s first electronics detection dog is finding what ...

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A micro SD card. A hidden camera. A Labrador named Boone. How Cook County’s first electronics detection dog is finding what ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- On Wednesday, it was the calm before the storm in Stroger Hospital's trauma unit, as doctors and nurses expect a busy night for New Year's Eve. For close to 200 years, the Cook County ...

ISP received a DNA sample from a relative and testing from the Cook County medical examiner's office revealed the remains were Ronald M. Risher, who was 64 when he died, Illinois state police said.

In March, the Rev. Walter McCray, a West Garfield Park resident and the pastor of Greater Union Baptist Church on the West Side, was billed $818.76 for the first installment of his property taxes. In ...

Sterling Bay is continuing to unwind its North Side land holdings tied to the ill-fated Lincoln Yards megaproject, selling another development site near the formerly envisioned campus. An affiliate of ...