Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?

Early in the morning outside Cook County Jail, a group of new detainees stepped out of a Chicago police wagon and walked bleary-eyed into the bright sunlight before lining up inside against a ...

the Cook County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. Pictured is 24-year-old Christian Harper of Bellwood. Deputies responded to the Maywood hospital and found that Harper had allegedly punched a ...

Some Cook County Board members are requesting closer scrutiny of the mosquito districts following an investigation by the county’s inspector general that resulted in calls for members of the ...

COOK CO., Ill. - A former cemetery worker in Cook County was charged with allegedly stealing more than $114,000 in funeral expenses from families. Latrecia Marshall-Parris, 48, was charged with ...

Steele serves on the three-member panel that hears property tax appeals in Cook County but has her sights set on a different office: Cook County office. Steele, incumbent Fritz Kaegi and three ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. — Individuals in Cook County have an opportunity this week to clear overdue moving traffic violation fees without paying additional costs. Mariyana Spyropoulos, Clerk of the ...

The Cook County Circuit Clerk’s office has launched a new data dashboard providing the public with data about court filings dating back to 2020. Users can filter information by area of law ...

Cook County’s pilot program to provide guaranteed income to more than 3,000 people did what it was intended to do, early findings suggest — it helped provide some economic stability.

Just in time for this summer’s property tax bills, the Cook County Board has finalized plans for a one-time relief program for a small slice of taxpayers. The program will dole out $13.6 million ...