Illinois’ current property tax assessment system dates back to the year Apollo 13 launched and the Beatles broke up. Cook County officials say it's finally time for the 55-year-old framework to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County judge who presided over two order of protection cases in which the suspects went on to allegedly kill a woman and child has been moved off domestic violence cases.

A Cook County judge was reassigned, ordered to undergo bias training and will face a state disciplinary investigation for allegedly circulating a racist meme. The judge, Caroline Glennon-Goodman ...

One solution that's been proposed is having the jail hold some detainees from the Cook County Department of Corrections. "It is lucrative for the county. They're going to have to maintain this ...

Kisha McCaskill, executive director of the Harvey Park District, was selected Friday evening to replace Monica Gordon as 5th District Cook County Board member. McCaskill has been executive ...

Cook County enacted the tax in 2012, charging $25 per firearm and up to 5 cents per round of ammunition. The Illinois Supreme Court struck it down in 2021. After the county modified the ordinance ...

ILLINOIS – The movement among Illinois counties to separate from Chicago and Cook County to form a new state continues to grow. Those for separating point to things like high taxes and a ...

Cook County enacted a $25 tax per firearm and 1 to 5 cent tax per round of ammunition in 2012. After legal challenges, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled against the county in 2021.

$244 million for Cook County, $96 million for the town of Cicero and $89 million for St. Clair County. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday it would distribute ...

According to a release from the Yolo County District Attorney’s office, the goal of Prop. 36 is to get treatment for those suffering from substance use disorders and those who habitually ...

(FOX40.COM) — A Stockton man with a history of theft was the first to enter a plea deal under Proposition 36 in San Joaquin County, according to the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office.