Just under the wire, dozens of hopefuls for county races submitted their nominating papers to earn their spots down ballot on ...

The Cook County Board has approved $10 million in settlements for two wrongly convicted men who spent 23 years in prison for a 1994 slaying. Commissioners voted late last month to settle legal claims ...

Dragging petition papers to get on the March ballot, candidates for Cook County offices filled the hallway beneath the county’s administrative building early Monday.

The former head of the Friends of the Parks who defeated George Lucas’ Chicago lakefront museum proposal formally launched ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois lawmakers are clashing over a Cook County property tax relief plan that restricts the types of evidence the Cook County Board of Review can consider and requires online ...

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Four years after first being warned that a contract risked exposing immigrant data to ICE, Cook County approved another ...

Cook County homeowners will finally receive their property tax bills soon, after months of delay due to technology problems.

After months of uncertainty and delay, Cook County officials announced Friday that property tax bills will be mailed on Nov.