Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has announced $20 million of taxpayer funding for community violence intervention. Preckwinkle said the county has spent $110 ...

Cook County Sheriff's Police will be conducting a traffic safety checkpoint in Crestwood, Thursday, June 18, to Friday, June ...

From Cook County officials to housing advocates, backers have framed the bill as a way to protect long-time homeowners and ...

The city of Chicago, Cook County, and the state of Illinois plan to appeal President Trump's decision to deny a disaster declaration that would have provided federal relief funding for homes and ...

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 ...

Cook County's machine-learning tax model made assessments fairer, yet homeowner bills soared. The appeals system, not the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County State's Attorney Illinois 2024 primary race has turned into the tightest contest on the ballot Tuesday night, with candidates Clayton Harris III and Eileen O'Neill ...

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 ...

Cook County, Illinois, officials released a $9.89 billion executive budget recommendation Thursday, after saying in a press briefing Wednesday that the nation's second-most populous county will see no ...

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 ...

Beth Lawrence is a digital producer for CBS Chicago. Beth joined CBS Chicago as a member of the newsroom assignment desk before taking on her current role. Previously she worked as an on-air reporter ...