Cook County forest preserve maintenance workers reach deal with district to end strike
Striking Cook County Forest Preserve maintenance, conservation and programming workers reached a deal with management...
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Federal cuts lead to growing burden on Cook County health system, taxpayers
Cook County’s sprawling safety net health system is counting on the county board to fill...
Most Cook County homeowners to see taxes rise again, treasurer says
Of the 1.8 million upcoming Cook County bills, about 1.3 million residences and 100,000 businesses...
Data centers near O’Hare win nearly $100M in local tax breaks, leaving suburban homeowners to cover the gap
Northwest suburban data centers had nearly $2 billion knocked off their taxable property values, an...
Chicagoland high school football rankings: Get Mike McGraw’s Top 25 for Week 1
Three of the four teams in the CCL Blue begin the season in the Top...
Cook County Forest Preserves Teamsters go on strike
More than 230 members of Teamsters Local 700 working for the Forest Preserve District of...
Nature journaling club members ‘fill their cup’ by noticing natural world
Maureen Murphy created the Chicago Nature Journaling Club in 2021, which documents experiences in Forest...
Cook County watchdog finds Samantha Steele offered job to opponent
Cook County's watchdog has found that Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele made "an offer...
Judges frequently order pretrial detention even when risk score is low: report
Judges often hold defendants in jail while awaiting trial, even when given a low score...
Domestic violence task force calls for Cook County courts to open up records
The Cook County Violence Against Women Task Force wants more data to be public and...