It looks like Cook County’s lead government watchdog agency will get a permanent boss for the first time since the fall of 2022. After a lengthy and largely behind-the-scenes search, Tirrell Paxton, a ...

Today, Cook County Department of Public Health launched Building Healthier Communities 2030, suburban Cook County’s Community Health Improvement Plan.  The plan was announced together with Cook County ...

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CHICAGO, IL — Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and the County's Emmy Award-winning Project Rainbow initiative are ...

Downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly formally announced his intent Wednesday to take on Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in the March 2026 Democratic primary, arguing that "Cook County government ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Alderman Brendan Reilly announced that he is running to challenge Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in the March 2026 primary. Reilly has been talking about for months, but ...

Downtown Ald. Brendan Reilly said he'll run as a Democrat for Cook County Board president in 2026. Reilly cited crime, high property taxes and "wasteful insider deals" in his announcement. His ...

Cook County officials are projecting an estimated $218 million budget gap next year, the biggest since 2021, a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials would not detail how they plan to plug the ...

Federal authorities are conducting a criminal investigation into a massive data breach that potentially affected as many as 1.2 million patients at Cook County’s public health system and a total of 14 ...

Toni Preckwinkle, a progressive Democrat, is seeking her party’s nomination for a fifth term as president of the Board of Commissioners in Cook County, Ill., which includes Chicago. She is facing a ...

(The Center Square) – Legislation from the Illinois General Assembly has opened the door for Cook County to fund immigrants’ legal services with additional county taxpayer dollars. Last Thursday, the ...

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