The Cook County Clerk’s Office has officially certified the results for the April 1, 2025, Consolidated Election.

To the surprise of no one, Cook County property taxes went up again. Residential property tax bills surged 78% on a typical home between 2007 and 2024, while property values inched up just 7.3%.

Val Kilmer died from pneumonia, the Los Angeles Department of Public Health has confirmed. The veteran actor died April 1 in L.A. at age 65. TMZ posted an image of Kilmer’s death certificate ...

Cook County could soon launch a program to pay residents cash to help pay their property tax bills. The program would give $1,000 to residents struggling to pay rapidly-increasing taxes.

In addition to the property tax systems contract, Tyler inked two other massive deals — one with the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court to digitize county court records and the other with ...

Suffolk County Executive Edward P. Romaine, in his second State of the County address, vowed to invest in infrastructure projects, reform how money from an opioid settlement is distributed and ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Cook County Commissioner Bridget Gainer is leading an effort to give one-time payments of $1,000 to residents who have had the biggest hikes in their property ...

(The Center Square) – An Illinois county is moving forward with plans to expand a taxpayer-funded guaranteed income program for residents. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the ...

Cook County’s top prosecutor says she does not believe the chief judge can safely administer electronic monitoring and she has instructed her lawyers to object every time it is imposed against ...

Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file Share Cook County’s top prosecutor says she does not believe the chief judge can safely administer electronic monitoring and she has instructed her lawyers to ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. — Cook County is moving to the next phase of its guaranteed income program after the pilot launched in 2022. The program leveraged $42,000,000 in federal funding provided by ...

When Nikita Smith Jr. began receiving $500 monthly payments from Cook County back in 2022, he said it allowed him for the first time to begin budgeting his money, stay on top of his bills and get much ...