Cook County is at No. 6 on the American Tort Reform Association's Judicial Hellholes list. ATRA has been publishing the ...
Illinois and Cook County's minimum wage will soon go up once again. Beginning in 2025, the state and county's minimum wage ...
A doorbell camera captured the moment first responders were injured by an exploding garbage truck in Arlington Heights on ...
Though Evanston voters heartily approved a 2022 referendum to adopt ranked choice voting, also called instant runoff voting, ...
Judges are spending more time on initial court hearings as they weigh whether to detain or release defendants. However, ...
An Illinois appellate court overturned the murder conviction of ex-professor Wyndham Lathem due to a rights violation.
Cook County's new state's attorney has announced a change to the county's policy involving the controversial SAFE-T Act.
Now, a new program from Cook County is expanding access for people who need it most. "We usually hear that people want to ...
Cook County’s public health system is launching free doula services for pregnant patients to help reduce health disparities.
Why does so much of what gets tossed into those blue recycling bins end up in the trash? CBS News Chicago visited the city's ...
A new Cook County state’s attorney inherits crime problems aggravated by her predecessor, Kim Foxx. Eileen O’Neill Burke ...
(The Center Square) – The new Cook County state’s attorney is setting policy for pretrial detention and retail thefts.