Nearly 200 Teamsters represented by Local 700 rejected the district's final contract offer, though a walkout has not yet been ...

The Illinois Federation of Teachers sued Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas Monday to try to force her to mail property tax ...

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The Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice concluded “accused people were jailed in 74% of cases where a prosecutor petitioned to detain them" between May and June 2025.

The Illinois Federation of Teachers has filed a lawsuit against Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, claiming her office has repeatedly failed to disperse hundreds of millions of dollars in property ...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke vowed to “not back down” from defending the ordinance, saying assault weapons “have no place in our communities.” ...

Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday. The ...

The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version. The Cook County Board of Commissioners ...

ILLINOIS – Should Cook County, home to Chicago and sprawling suburbs, break away from Illinois to form a new state? Voters in several Illinois counties could encounter a striking question, similarly ...

Illinois and Cook County's minimum wage will soon go up once again. Beginning in 2025, the state and county's minimum wage will officially increase to $15 an hour for non-tipped employees. Tipped ...

The county’s public health system is on track to provide nearly $500 million in free or discounted care in 2027 as more ...

Does a viral post about "a 26-year-old man from Chicago" arrested over "hacking into the Cook County Human Services system" ...