Category - Cook County

• FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR COUNTY AFTER RAIN SATURDAY
• Cook County property tax bills delayed again — this time by 2 months
• COPS QUICKLY CLOSE INVESTIGAT­ION OF CRASH DURING CHAOTIC ICE ARREST IN ALBANY PARK
• 7 SHOT IN BACK OF THE YARDS; 2 DEAD
• UNITED CENTER OWNERS BREAK GROUND ON THEIR $7B 1901 PROJECT
• YOUTH CALL FOR MORE ATTENTION TO MISSING BLACK GIRLS, WOMEN
• Bill to help homeowners catch up with property taxes before losing homes passes
• THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN JAILED IN COOK COUNTY FOR NOT PAYING CHILD, SPOUSAL SUPPORT
• Man accused of killing Loyola University student caught with shank in custody, officials say
• ATTORNEY ACCUSING ICE AGENT OF SUBURBAN CHICAGO ATTACK NOW PUSHING FOR FELONY CHARGES
• City program to rehab more than 30 properties on the South and West sides is back
• JUDGE REJECTS SPECIAL PROSECUTOR PUSH IN CHICAGO-AREA BLITZ CASES
• DEVELOPER’S PLAN TO BUILD 17 UNITS NEAR GARFIELD PARK NEARS COMPLETION
• Cook County prosecutor­s launch task force to address violence on public transit
• Few Chicagoans buy flood insurance, but as climate change worsens and powerful storms increase, should they?
• ADVOCATES: COOK CO. JAIL SHOULD FOCUS ON INMATE DEATHS INSTEAD OF LAUNCHING $1.1M AI-POWERED SURVEILLAN­CE SYSTEM
• COOK COUNTY ON HOOK FOR POTENTIALL­Y MILLIONS FOR PROPERTY TAX SALE VIOLATIONS
• Incumbent Fritz Kaegi upset by Pat Hynes in Dem race for Cook County assessor
• Some Cook County Board members skip more than 20% of their meetings
• Two Cook County Board of Review commisione­rs face strong challenger­s
• Medicaid is unchanged for now, Cook County officials say, amid spike in misinforma­tion, confusion
• Cook County Sheriff’s Office recovers more than $2M in stolen goods from Oak Forest warehouse
• Cook County distributi­ng $2.3B in property tax revenue amid long delay due to computer issues
• Property tax foreclosur­es illegally stripped more than 1,700 Cook County homeowners of their equity, federal judge rules
• Improving crisis care, 988 hotline awareness in suburban Cook County
• Cook County commission­er says he won’t seek reelection
• Cook County property tax bills due Dec. 15 after delay
• Cook County residents can get free COVID, flu shots at county clinics starting this weekend
• Cook County’s top prosecutor pushing for suspects to be kept in jail until trial when charged with machine gun possession
• Alert Cook County commission­ers of ICE activity
• Judge Timothy Evans loses bid for 9th term as Cook County chief judge after 24 years
• Chicago Abortion Fund to receive $2 million grant from Cook County
• Cook County Democrats nod to Croke and no-slate decision in Senate race
• ASSEMBLING HOMES, BUILDING HOMEOWNERS­HIP
• Cook County reports first 2 measles cases of 2025
• Cook County leaders tout success of guaranteed income pilot program
• Morrison stepping down as Cook County GOP chairman
• Lives are lost in south suburban Cook County because it’s a trauma center desert
• After Sun-Times questions, Cook County commission­er says she will step down as Johnson’s campaign chair
• Cook County doula program should partner with existing doulas