In its 2026 budget, Cook County set aside $7.5 million to carry the guaranteed income program beyond the pilot, becoming one ...

Kaegi has been in office since 2018. He's being challenged by one of his own — first-term Lyons Township Assessor Patrick Hynes, who spent 23 years working in the Cook County assessor’s office as a ...

The Democratic primary race for Cook County assessor comes at a fraught time, when residential property tax bills are rising fastest in predominantly Black neighborhoods on the South and West sides.

A Cook County Circuit Court judge sided with a coalition of construction industry judges when it decided that Cook County had misspent funds that should have been used for transportation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Circuit Court judge ruled this week that Cook County misspent hundreds of millions of transportation dollars, a win for the ...

A Circuit Court judge ruled this week that Cook County misspent hundreds of millions of transportation dollars, a win for the trade association representing construction firms statewide. Judge Alison ...

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Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday. The ...

Seven of the 10 most expensive ZIP codes in the United States sit in California, which probably comes as no surprise to many Californians. But the nation’s priciest ZIP code, 33109, lies on Fisher ...

Lake Nacimiento and the surrounding area has been recognized as an official community with a unique ZIP code by the U.S. Postal Service. Laura Dickinson ldickinson@thetribunenews.com Lake Nacimiento ...

LYONS TOWNSHIP, Ill. (WLS) -- It is money homeowners are owed but never received. The I-Team investigated complaints about delayed property tax refunds and disputes ...

In Cook County politics, reform tends to come with a shelf life. The Cook County Democratic Party snubbed incumbent Assessor Fritz Kaegi, throwing its support behind Lyons Township Assessor Patrick ...