CHICAGO - Cook County's longstanding system of collecting property tax debts by seizing and selling people's homes, worth ...

A new study could lay the groundwork for big changes to Cook County's incentive programs designed to spur economic ...

In Cook County, Illinois, a new wave of financial support is set to continue for low and middle-income residents through a ...

A suburban Chicago man on parole now faces new gun and drug charges.

Cook County, Illinois has become a focal point in the national debate over how local governments can support residents facing volatile wages, rising housing costs, and uneven access to public benefits ...

After a group of homeowners filed suit claiming Cook County’s tax sale process robbed them of home equity, a federal judge ...

Cook County’s tax foreclosure scheme violates the Fifth and Eighth Amendments of the US Constitution, but the liability of the county still needs to be determined with further fact-finding, an ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Government debt can be tied to the costs associated with your own individual home or business, and can be behind rising property taxes. While most politicians don't want to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ILLINOIS – Should Cook County, home to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Clerk's Office said mail-in ballots are still being counted Thursday for the Illinois primary election. The Cook County state's attorney's race remained too close to ...

Illinois' new mandatory paid leav e law will take effect next year, offering nearly all workers in the state paid time off, but for Cook County and Chicago, different rules apply. Ordinances in Cook ...