Cook, Kendall and Kankakee at 21%; and Lake and Kane at 20%. The interactive map below shows the percentage of adults who self-reported excessive drinking in each county in Illinois in 2022.

NPI, the nonprofit that operates the pier, is seeking an order from a Cook County judge forcing Illuminarium ... subsequently approved a change to the zoning guidelines that govern the pier ...

Two bills that could help spur construction of more dense, affordable housing across Illinois moved forward ... or three-quarters the median income in Cook County. The bill regarding large lots ...

Typical property tax bill increased 78% on a Cook County residence since 2007. Median property values only rose 7.3%. That ...

The Planning & Land Use Services Department, in partnership with town administration and IronMountain, an information storage and management company, is launching an initiative to digitize its ...

When it comes to diversifying Naperville’s housing stock, the candidates for Naperville City Council in Tuesday’s election are split on whether the city should reconsider offering incentives ...

Amid a tumultuous and contentious debate about possible changes to the Evanston zoning map, it is important to understand how we got here. Consider a map ...

“What we are trying to do is obtain representative government, truly representative government for people outside of Cook County,” said New Illinois Chair G.H. Merritt. The organization says ...

The ordinance will now acknowledge physical, cultural, and linguistic characteristics as a protected class under its ...

A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting Friday on Chicago’s Southwest Side. A fourth suspect has been charged in a string of armed robberies that spanned several months ...

Liz Cook is an award-winning food writer ... She is also the creator of the experimental food newsletter, Haterade. Eater maps are curated by editors and aim to reflect a diversity of ...