Three Cook County residents are being detained after allegedly stealing a high-end SUV and leading police on a high-speed chase earlier this month.

The Supreme Court ruled in May 2023 that tax sales as they've been practiced in several states unconstitutionally rob property owners of their home equity. Illinois is the last state to offer up a fix.

Illinois companies announced 2,342 mass layoffs in January 2025, according to state reports. More than 9-in-10 job cuts impacted Cook and the collar counties.

Former Fox 32 political editor Mike Flannery attended the event and asked Dart about the time Backpage, a website once known for hosting adult ads, filed a lawsuit against him, which concluded when the Department of Justice seized and shut down the site.

Gov. Jim Edgar, who also served as Illinois Secretary of State and leads the Edgar Fellows program at the University of Illinois, wrote in an email to the program's fellows that he and his wife, Brenda,

Treasurer’s website offers easy way to update property tax bill name and address information. You may not look forward to receiving your property tax bill, but it’s crucial th

Two former Cook County prosecutors on Wednesday were acquitted of multiple counts following an unusual criminal trial connected to a wrongful conviction case.

Democratic state legislators are again pushing a measure to change the state’s flat income tax to one with higher rates for higher earners.

Nearly 2 million Illinoisans, with around half in Cook County, relied on federal food assistance in October 2024, marking a 12% increase in five years.

Lake County license plate readers detected the car involved in an Amber Alert for a missing 8-year-old boy near I-65 and U.S. 30 in Merrillville Friday morning.

A bill aiming to explore the possibility of a land exchange between Illinois and Indiana took a step closer to reality in the Indiana legislature.