Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi announced a special property tax exemption for World War II veterans, permanently exempting ...

Cook County's first two measles patients of the year are in isolation Thursday, but health officials have listed several locations where the public may have been exposed. County health officials on ...

Planning and Zoning Administrator talks amendending zoning ordinance with an eye toward supporting affordable house ...

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, the Press Telegram has published a series of posters that profiles the unique racing vehicles and their drivers who ...

The Cook County Office of Emergency Management manages the County-wide E-911 addressing system. The role of the Emergency 911 Addressing system is to provide the public with competent, timely and ...

Cook County could soon launch a program to pay residents cash to help pay their property tax bills. The program would give $1,000 to residents struggling to pay rapidly-increasing taxes.

Just in time for this summer’s property tax bills, the Cook County Board has finalized plans for a one-time relief program for a small slice of taxpayers. The program will dole out $13.6 million ...

(The Center Square) – An Illinois county is moving forward with plans to expand a taxpayer-funded guaranteed income program for residents. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the ...

Cook County’s top prosecutor says she does not believe the chief judge can safely administer electronic monitoring and she has instructed her lawyers to object every time it is imposed against ...

Cook County's guaranteed income program helped recipients feel more financially stable and less stressed, according to a survey. The county's two-year program sent $500 checks with no strings ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. — Cook County is moving to the next phase of its guaranteed income program after the pilot launched in 2022. The program leveraged $42,000,000 in federal funding provided by ...

Chief Cook County Judge Timothy Evans’ office had no immediate comment. Until last week, the program had been run by the sheriff’s office but it was transferred to the Adult Probation ...