Cook County’s fragmented domestic violence court system fails to provide adequate services and protect victims.

Nearly 13 percent of the 1,350 Illinois ZIP codes at high risk of lead exposure in children are in Cook County. The 172 Cook ...

Ray LaHood, former GOP member of Congress and the U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Barack Obama, joins John Williams to talk about a bipartisan effort to to remove the influence of ...

Francisco Perez, who served as a chief hearings officer under former assessor Joseph Berrios, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to ...

SCOOP: Jesse Jackson Jr. leads the pack of potential Democratic contenders in the 2nd Congressional District race, according ...

For the third time since 2014, a bipartisan group wants to amend the Illinois Constitution to affect how state legislative ...

Cook County Dems stay out of heated Senate race — endorse Patrick Hynes over incumbent assessor The Cook County Democratic Party Central Committee met for day two of slating and opted for an ...

Illinois State Politics Cook County Dems back Croke for comptroller, no endorsement for Senate race Illinois state Rep. Margaret Croke proposed legislation to ban corporal punishment in private ...

The first two homes in a $12 million modular housing initiative opened, part of a push to add affordable for-sale units across the region.

A Cook County pilot program aimed at making homeownership possible for more residents hit a big milestone Wednesday, with the opening of two modular homes in Humboldt Park.