Cook County’s top prosecutor says electronic monitoring isn’t keeping the public safe when used for accused violent criminals ...

A prime example of unnecessary local government in Illinois is the four Cook County mosquito abatement districts.

The Cook County sheriff's office is ending its decades-old electronic monitoring program, handing it over to the chief judge ...

The Cook County suburb of Richton Park amended the ordinance that forced Diamond Jones out of her rental home, and housing ...

If I didn’t do this job, I’d pick another one and it wouldn’t be as interesting or challenging or as impactful,” said Toni ...

State officials say the Trump administration is pulling back $477 million aimed at preventing infectious disease and treating mental health and substance abuse issues.

Any actual change to the boundary of Indiana and Illinois would have to be approved by the legislatures of both states, as ...

The state's attorney's office says this will ease backlogs and free up police officers and assistant state’s attorneys for ...

Driving is essential in America. There are thousands of deaths annually on Illinois roadways, here are the highways and ...

Every other year, elections are held for local governments in Illinois, including races for municipal, school, park, library, ...

The Cook County sheriff’s office is ending ... As of Monday evening, Evans’ office said it was still working with the county, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Office of Statewide Pretrial ...