Cook County’s delayed property tax bills are straining school districts with nearly $122 million in unexpected, unneeded costs.

Changes are coming to Cook County's electronic monitoring system starting this weekend. They are aimed at making the system ...

Cook County misspent $243 million intended for transportation, handing a victory to the state road-building industry, a judge ...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s executive protection detail is budgeted to cost up to $1.5 million this year.

Robert Ellis, 67, was charged with presenting a badge from a fake police agency when he applied for a license plate at the ...

The Cook County state’s attorney’s office on Monday said “a thorough analysis is being conducted” to assess the legality of a mayoral executive order that directs Chicago police to ...

Chief Judge Charles Beach had pledged to overhaul the county’s monitoring system following a high-profile arson attack on a ...

Just over a month after Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach ordered an urgent review of the county's electronic monitoring program, changes are being made in an effort to more quickly track down ...

Record Cook County property tax hikes under Toni Preckwinkle expose a fundamentally broken system, benefitting insiders and ...

Weekends will see a 24-hour time limit on reporting violations for judicial review starting Feb. 7, and unauthorized absences have been reduced to three hours from the previous 48 hours.

An Omaha sixth grader's drawing of a special furry member of the Omaha Fire Department is now featured on stickers the department will hand out during school visits.