With changes underway, here are some cases and issues to watch for in 2026: As Chicagoland was roiled this autumn by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, more than 100 people have landed ...

Courtney Cook Bales is certainly not the first person to eat a baked sweet potato whole — nor even to stuff hunks of cheese into a baked sweet potato then eat it whole — but she sure makes you want to ...

A federal judge ruled that Cook County’s system for handling unpaid property taxes violates the Constitution, delivering a major victory for homeowners who lost their properties and accumulated equity ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Monday night's workshop was one of three being put on by the Cook County Assessor's Office this week in some of the neighborhoods hardest hit by property tax increases. But even with ...

Chief Judge Charles S. Beach II Credit: Cook County Circuit Court On Monday, Cook County swore in the first new chief judge in more than two decades. Charles Beach replaces Timothy Evans as leader of ...

"With working families struggling to afford their daily lives, Cook County is taking bold action to put money directly back in their pockets," an official said Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer ...

The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version. The Cook County Board of Commissioners ...

The Cook County, Ill., Bureau of Economic Development is using a new tech platform to administer one-time $1,000 grants to residents who are facing steep property tax increases. The Cook County ...

The Forest Preserves of Cook County is a leader in this land management technique, burning 8,635 acres in the past year. That’s despite the fact that the practice was banned in the county just 30 ...

Cook County officials seeking property tax relief for low-income seniors scraped by in the Illinois General Assembly, winning passage of a bill that expands eligibility for senior property tax breaks ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The roughly 17,000 people in Cook County who've bought ...