Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday tapped a Cook County official to run the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Theodore “Ted” D. Berger most recently worked under Cook ...

Early in the morning outside Cook ... 2017 reformed county policies around bail and was reduced further after the Pretrial Fairness Act in September 2023 eliminated cash bail in Illinois.

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

In the latest twist in the effort to bring Illinois into compliance with a 2023 ruling by the court, eight counties allege ...

County officials argue they are “compelled” by the state to seize property in a way the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unlawful ...

A bill that would allow Indiana lawmakers to explore welcoming Illinois counties who wish to secede from their state is headed to the governor’s desk.

The corruption trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III ended with a mistrial Thursday, with the jury unable to find agreement on ...

Not much is left of a once-thriving, tidy little encampment tucked inside a Cook County forest preserve ... and professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago who has led archaeological digs ...

It’s the first trial of a sitting state lawmaker since former state Rep. Derrick Smith, who was found guilty of bribery by a ...

Indiana is taking a first step toward a rather unlikely effort to amend its border and acquire parts of Illinois, as Illinois officials remain reluctant to approve the measure.

Cook County Jail has failed to report 874 incidents of restraint chair use to the state, despite state standards requiring them to do so. Credit: Grace Hauck/Illinois Answers Project This story was ...