A bill aiming to explore the possibility of a land exchange between Illinois and Indiana took a step closer to reality in the Indiana legislature.

Any recommendations would be designed to determine “where we need to make improvements … to strengthen the Finance Department ...

“The word bankruptcy has been hanging over Chicago like a storm cloud about to burst,” wrote American Enterprise Institute fellow Andrew G. Biggs, a federal overseer of Puerto Rico’s insolvency ...

A 21-year-old fugitive in Cook County is on the run after escaping electronic monitoring and removing his GPS tracking device ...

If passed, the Circuit Breaker Property Tax Relief Act would provide credits to homeowners who have seen 25 percent increases ...

A motion was granted Saturday to detain three Cook County residents accused of stealing a high-end SUV earlier this month and leading police on a high-speed chase, prosecutors said.

The proof was more than in the pudding Saturday morning at the Ulatis Community Center in Vacaville, where Sustainable Solano hosted a free, hands-on cooking class dubbed “Winter ...

Jerry Butler served the city of Chicago as a Cook County Commissioner after leaving the Impressions and concluding his music ...

Three Cook County residents are being detained after allegedly stealing a high-end SUV and leading police on a high-speed ...

It's the 29th annual North Canton Rotary Chili Open, but this year, other local Rotary clubs compete for the Golden Chili Cup.

They went back to the scene of the crash on Saturday, near 67th and Western to hand out flyers with pictures of the silver car that struck and killed 54-year-old Tanja Safforld as she was crossing the ...

Venezuelan illegal immigrant Pedro Colmenares has been charged with domestic battery, and his deportation was ordered back in ...