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 ...

At a union hall on Chicago’s South Side, a powerful Democratic Party organization decided who to endorse in the March 17 ...

Recent accounts alleging misconduct within Cook County government agencies show the need for a strong inspector general’s ...

Three seats — half the board — are up for grabs this year. Only one seat, however, has an August primary: District 1 At-Large ...

Many Chicago Board of Education members agree with community members who want more revenue to address a $734 million deficit.

Democrats and Republicans are jumping into the race to fill the seat vacated by outgoing Rep. Mark Green in Middle Tennessee.

Cook County’s fall property tax bills are running months behind schedule again — squeezing schools, city budgets and ...

The progressive views of Sen. Karina Villa, D-West Chicago, may have cost her the party slating, which Rep. Margaret Croke, D ...