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

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Lt. Gov Juliana Stratton paid an unofficial visit on day two of the Cook County Democratic ...

CHICAGO — Cook County is trying to make navigating its services easier for people, regardless of what language they speak. Starting Tuesday, people who may not speak English but need help from the ...

Chicagoans would face increased risks if specialized mosquito abatement districts were weakened or dismantled.

To annex the counties into Indiana and redraw the state’s borders, the process would have to include both Illinois ...

Also known as the "border bill," the legislation would establish an "Indiana-Illinois boundary adjustment commission," with six members appointed by Indiana's governor and five members appointed under ...

Indiana is taking a first step toward merging parts of Illinois into its state. Indiana Gov. Mike Braun plans to sign ...

With slating starting for Democratic Party nominations in next year’s elections, the top of the ticket remains uncertain, but the contests to run Cook County’s vital property tax offices are already ...

In 1980, political activist Pat Quinn, who would later become governor, led a successful effort to change the Illinois ...

We wish the Indiana-Illinois Boundary Adjustment Commission were just a legislative version of a satirical article in The Onion. It’s not, which somehow makes its proposed existence feel even sillier.

The newly elected members of the City Council will be formally sworn into office during a special ceremony on Monday, April ...