Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke vowed to “not back down” from defending the ordinance, saying assault weapons “have no place in our communities.” ...

Second installment property tax bills are expected around two months late, with a likely due date near Oct. 1.

As wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota settled over northern Illinois on Thursday, the presence of a major pollutant ...

Cook County will ask voters in November whether to back a 3% 'millionaire's tax' aimed at funding schools and property-tax ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — Cook County barred the use of county-owned buildings, parking lots, garages and vacant lots for civil immigration ...

Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday. The ...

ILLINOIS – Should Cook County, home to Chicago and sprawling suburbs, break away from Illinois to form a new state? Voters in several Illinois counties could encounter a striking question, similarly ...

Seven additional counties in Illinois are expected to place non-binding separation referendums on the November ballot, ...

Illinois and Cook County's minimum wage will soon go up once again. Beginning in 2025, the state and county's minimum wage will officially increase to $15 an hour for non-tipped employees. Tipped ...

The city of Chicago, Cook County, and the state of Illinois plan to appeal President Trump's decision to deny a disaster declaration that would have provided federal relief funding for homes and ...