By Tim Henderson Stateline Immigration was the biggest factor in population growth for many booming Sun Belt counties as well ...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced Monday that she is running for another term. Preckwinkle cited her ...

As President Donald Trump floats grand ideas like reacquiring the Panama Canal and taking over Greenland, some rural residents of Illinois and Oregon are promoting geopolitical change of their own: Th ...

On Monday, her 78th birthday, Preckwinkle announced she’ll seek a fifth term to lead the nation’s second-most populous county ...

With a year to go until the 2026 primary election, Democratic Cook County officials are marking their territory. County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Sheriff Tom Dart, Treasurer Maria Pappas and ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi fixed 491 of at least 620 properties that were misclassified or undervalued during the 2023 ...

The burglaries come less than a week after a similar incident in Highland Park, where a group of burglars also targeted nine ...

A Chicago Tribune investigation prompted Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi to correct nearly $500 million in misclassified ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Early voting expands today for the April 1 municipal election in Illinois. Voters in Cook, DuPage, McHenry and Will counties can begin casting their ballots for the first time.

The 2025 local consolidated election is on Tuesday, April 1. Polling places across Evanston will be open to voters from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Anyone in line ...

Good morning, Chicago. Nearly half a billion dollars in taxable real estate value has been added onto the Cook County rolls after the county assessor fixed hundreds of mistakes identified in an ...