A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent ...

It's been one year since Operation Midway Blitz was announced and a new report suggest the hundreds of arrests made took an ...

Cook County property tax bills to rise A new report from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office found property taxes have gone up again. County residents are expected to pay $593.

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 ...

CHICAGO, IL — Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and the County's Emmy Award-winning Project Rainbow initiative are ...

On December 14, 2023, the Cook County Board of Commissioners (“Board”) passed the Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance (the “Ordinance”), which converts the pre-existing Cook County Earned Sick Leave ...

Cook County and the state of Illinois erased upwards of $1.5 billion in medical debt for over 770,000 Cook County residents through the Illinois Medical Debt Relief Program, leaving many county ...

Approximately 200 union workers at the Forest Preserve District of Cook County went on strike on Monday, after rejecting a contract proposal they said doesn't provide sufficient pay raises.

For Illinois employers, the new year brings a variety of new paid leave laws, the most recent being the Cook County Paid Leave Ordinance passed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 14, ...

Illinois and Cook County's minimum wage will soon go up once again. Beginning in 2025, the state and county's minimum wage will officially increase to $15 an hour for non-tipped employees. Tipped ...

The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version. The Cook County Board of Commissioners ...