New data show homeowners in Cook County are struggling to pay their property tax bills, after those bills jumped by record amounts in some cases.

Throughout 2019, Chicago police officers made nearly 80,000 arrests before scaling them back significantly during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the following spring. Now five years later, that ...

The head-to-head featured Fritz Kaegi accusing Pat Hynes of being beholden to property tax attorneys and Hynes arguing Kaegi ...

The number of opioid overdose deaths and homicides dropped in Cook County last year. Deaths in both categories have fallen significantly since their COVID-era peaks. COOK CO., Ill. - The number of ...

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