Cook County
How will Cook County survive cuts in Medicaid if the new health care bill becomes law?
Data released by the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University outline substantial year-over-year gains in the price of single-family homes in Chicago neighborhoods of Humboldt Park and Garfield Park.
After two high-profile stories about troubling judicial conduct, a look at judges’ ethical responsibilities and the quality of the county judiciary.
Tuesday marks day two of the semi-annual Cook County tax sale, where those delinquent on their property taxes have their liens sold to private investors, who can then collect massive interest rates. A push to change the system by some public officials has simply raised more questions.
Why Cook County property owners who are eight months delinquent in paying taxes are about to owe major fees to private companies.
The owners of tens of thousands of homes and properties in Cook County who’ve fallen behind on their taxes have only a couple more days to settle their debts – or they could wind up paying a lot more.
Cook County is shrinking again – and the 2016 drop in population is the biggest of any county in the entire country. Is this just a statistical blip or the beginning of an alarming trend?
A new program aims to get all arrestees a defense attorney while in police custody.
Cook County is more than halfway through a multiyear project that aims to make solar energy more affordable for residents.
Cook County is ahead of schedule on its goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050, a new report shows.
Kim Foxx is the first African-American woman to hold the position of Cook County State’s Attorney. She joins host Carol Marin to discuss her plans for the office.
What will 300,000 local patients face if Obamacare is repealed? We speak with the CEO of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System.
From the foster system to one of the hottest restaurants in town: How one young man is “mixing it up.”
With a two-year decline in jail population, Cook County is demolishing some older jail buildings that once housed inmates.
The ordinance passed by a slim 9-8 vote, with Board President Toni Preckwinkle casting the deciding vote.
Voters have chosen to cut costs by consolidating the Cook County Clerk’s Office with the Cook County Recorder of Deeds in a binding referendum.