CHICAGO — Elected officials and advocates for both domestic violence survivors and immigrant rights are warning of an uptick ...

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Cook County officials are warning residents to be weary of a circulating text message scam that falsely claims to require payment for unpaid charges.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is projected to win her Democratic nomination and a fifth term, as no Republican ...

U.S. census numbers show Cook County’s population remained about the same due to lower immigration, but Kendall County had ...

By freezing property values in a specific area, TIF districts artificially manipulate who pays the levy, leading to effective ...

Cook County property taxes have risen at twice the rate of inflation over the past 30 years, per a new study from county ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illinois is reporting its first West Nile virus death of the year — a suburban Cook County resident in their 60s, health officials ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Cook County program designed to relieve patient medical debt may not be working for everyone. For many struggling to pay their hospital bills, the financial relief may come a little ...

Two major Chicago public institutions — Cook County Health and the University of Illinois College of Medicine — are expanding their partnership to provide care to patients, more training for medical ...

After 24 years as chief judge of the Cook County Circuit Court, Judge Timothy Evans lost his bid for a new term this week. Circuit court judges voted Wednesday to elect Judge Charles Beach as the new ...