SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday tapped a Cook County official to run the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and ...

The state requires jails to report when they use restraint chairs. For nearly 900 cases from 2019 to 2023, Cook County Jail ...

In her first interview since the incident, Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele explained what led up to ...

After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has ...

A bill throwing out the welcome mat to separation-minded counties in Illinois has passed both bodies of the Indiana ...

CHICAGO — Cook County is trying to make navigating its services easier for people, regardless of what language they speak.

A father–daughter duo is planning a dream vacation after winning $3 million with a scratch-off lottery ticket purchased at a ...

On April 10, 2025, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved ... seniority or health benefits), they must do so in the same manner and to the same extent as if the employee had performed ...

It could soon get easier to receive mental health support in Cook County. Cook County Health and the National Alliance on Mental Illness Chicago are kicking off a multi-year initiative to expand ...

For now, candidates are anxiously awaiting word from both Gov. JB Pritzker and Sen. Dick Durbin, but the behind-the-scenes ...

Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts co-executive director Naomi Johnson said she is concerned with Cook County State's ...

Government agencies have so far approved $185 million to Tyler ... Unlike elected officials in Cook County, Illinois Supreme Court leaders defend their contract with Tyler and say any problems ...