Cook County sheriffÂ’s police officer Steve Hudak patrols Country Glen Apartments in an unincorporated area near Arlington Heights. Daily Herald File Photo, 2011 ...

According to the report, Cook County spends nearly $43 million annually to serve 126,034 residents in unincorporated areas — 2.4 percent of its total […] Skip to content All Sections ...

Saying unincorporated areas of the suburbs take an inordinate amount of Cook County resources, county President Toni Preckwinkle is eyeing raising fees for those neighborhoods or getting them ...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Friday backed off a plan to charge unincorporated residents an extra tax for police protection and other services, instead announcing the formation ...

Unincorporated areas don't pay taxes to a municipality but instead depend on county government for services. It's unfair, inefficient and needs to change—here's how it can.