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.

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Mariyana Spyropoulos' office has launched a new e-ticket pilot program, which allows officers to issue traffic citations electronically.

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

Weeks after two lawyer groups urged his removal over a blog post on a conservative opinion site, the Illinois Supreme Court ...

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

Oral arguments begin today in the murder conviction appeal of disgraced SC lawyer Alex Murdaugh. Here's how and where you can watch.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell defended his decision to attend the Supreme Court's oral arguments on Fed governor Lisa Cook's fight to keep her job. Powell said the case was perhaps the most important in the ...

Paul Caneiro is charged in the 2018 murders of Keith Caneiro, 50, his wife Jennifer, 45, and their two children, daughter Sophia, 8, and son, Jesse, 11, on Willow Brook Road in Colts Neck. The trial ...