The two Democratic primary candidates in the Cook County assessor race debates why property tax bills have increased so much.

For the second straight Cook County judicial primary election, less than half of the seats up for grabs March 17 drew more than one candidate, continuing a decadeslong slide in competition.

Toni Preckwinkle and Brendan Reilly will face off in a primetime debate hosted by Fox Chicago on Tuesday night.

Brendan Reilly, one of the more conservative Democrats on the City Council, looks to unseat Toni Preckwinkle, who doubles as ...

The husband of Caitlin Tracey, who is accused of pushing her off a 24-story stairwell at a South Loop condo building in 2024, ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was found guilty of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud and sentenced to 7 ½ ...

Good morning, Chicago. Former Chicago police Detective Richard Zuley once spent time on a special assignment at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, but on the witness stand on, the retired ...

Trump's Board of Peace meets on Gaza, NBC News polling shows Minnesotans more sharply divided on immigration policy, and the ...

THIS MOURNING: The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the fiery civil rights activist and two-time presidential candidate who transformed Chicago politics while reshaping the national Democratic Party, has died. He ...

Illinois residents have seen more than $1.1 billion in medical debt erased, with the help of a state program that launched less than a year-and-a-half ago.

Search-and-rescue teams in the Sierra Nevada found the bodies of eight skiers who were trapped yesterday under an avalanche the length of a football field. Another skier is missing and presumed killed ...