Aaron Del Mar is already a familiar figure in GOP circles, but he is now introducing himself to a broader audience of ...

The Cook County Clerk’s office and multiple police departments are warning residents of a scam circulating that falsely claims a court order requiring payment for traffic violations. The fraudulent ...

Toni Preckwinkle, a progressive Democrat, is seeking her party’s nomination for a fifth term as president of the Board of Commissioners in Cook County, Ill., which includes Chicago. She is facing a ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is projected to win her Democratic nomination and a fifth term, as no Republican candidate is running. President Preckwinkle ...

UPDATE: Toni Preckwinkle will defeat Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly in the race for Cook County Board President, the Associated Press projects, and Reilly has conceded to his opponent. Read the full ...

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 just hit pause on one of its most controversial real estate mechanisms. The Illinois Senate voted to let the county delay its annual sale of delinquent property taxes until December, ...

Stating that “no one is above the law,” Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke announced new protocols Thursday her office will follow to prosecute federal agents for unlawful use of force.

Cook County is barreling toward a tax sale it may not legally be able to afford. Unless Springfield lawmakers act within days, the county’s annual auction of delinquent property tax debts will move ...

Illinois Democratic and Republican voters will soon decide their party’s nominees for races at the federal and state levels, as well as in a few local races, during the March 17 primary election.

A Cook County Circuit Court judge sided with a coalition of construction industry judges when it decided that Cook County had misspent funds that should have been used for transportation ...