As election season kicks off in earnest and the Springfield veto session hurtles to its conclusion, Cook County Board ...

The line up is a Cook County pre-election tradition, that doubles as a show of electoral strength. Being the first name listed on the ballot among candidates for an office is said to be worth a few ...

If you have a mortgage, your lender may collect money from you each month and put it in an escrow account to pay your bill.

Democratic primary battles formally launched Monday for two of Cook County’s top elected positions. Cook County Board ...

Some candidates lined up hours before the week-long filing window opened at 9 a.m. to turn in their stacks of petitions in ...

Political candidates in Illinois lined up early Monday morning as the official opening date for petition filing for the 2026 ...

The Cook County Board recently approved an $87.2 million contract to reconstruct a 1.5-mile stretch of Touhy Avenue between Elmhurst and Mount Prospect roads in Des Plaines. The project entails ...

Monday is the first day for Cook County political candidates to file nominating petitions for the March primary election.

A video captured the moment a Cook County Sheriff's officer saved a woman who was choking in Ford Heights last month.

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