The Cook County state’s attorney’s office on Friday announced it is expanding a pilot program that allows Chicago police ...

A new interactive map might help Cook County drivers avoid road construction and get around the Chicago area faster this summer.

German company Vetter’s $163 million project has received approval from most Cook County aldermen and is headed to a final ...

Opponents say Senate Bill 2217 will be detrimental to rural Illinoisans by dissolving townships that have population sizes ...

PUSH Buffalo was among three environmental advocacy groups to sue New York State this week over the state's failure to meet a ...

Their ideas aren’t the first potential reforms. A December analysis published by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson has announced Cook County Commissioner Anthony Joel Quezada as his pick to fill a vacancy as 35th Ward ...

State officials say the Trump administration is pulling back $477 million aimed at preventing infectious disease and treating ...

A convicted felon is back in custody after a dramatic traffic stop in Chicago's north suburbs. What officers reportedly found in his waistband and pockets: A second person has been arrested in ...

Down staters are leaving Chicago to make their own state, that’s the idea behind a nonprofit organization called New Illinois ...

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There’s an old saying about the Midwest: “If you don’t like the weather, wait 15 minutes.” It turns out the aphorism isn’t that far-fetched: On Wednesday evening, parts of the Chicago ...