Afternoon Briefing: Cook County prosecutors seek to unionize
Good afternoon, Chicago. In the first major union drive to reach the office in decades, a group of assistant state’s ...
Cook County prosecutors seek to unionize in first major drive in decades
In the first major union drive to reach the office in decades, a group of assistant state’s attorneys have asked the office to voluntarily recognize a bargaining unit that would represent hundreds of ...
Funeral to be held for Cook County deputy killed in Turks and Caicos shooting
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force confirmed that Duncan and 30-year-old Dario Stubbs, a Turks and Caicos ...
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For 2 Years, 211 Helpline Has Connected Cook County Residents to Social Services
Housing and shelter, utility assistance, access to food and employment and income assistance were the most common needs for ...
Cook County state’s attorney to push for prison sentences in machine gun cases
Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has directed prosecutors to seek prison sentences in every felony case ...
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Cook County’s top prosecutor launches crackdown on illegally modified guns
Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is making good on one of her signature campaign promises to crack down on ...
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Cook County’s Dimitrov, Duluth East’s Bergan lead Northlanders at Alpine State meet
Nearly 200 skiers raced down the Innsbruck and Helsinki runs at Giants Ridge in Biwabik for the 2025 Alpine State Meet on Tuesday afternoon.
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi says its time for commercial owners to pay up
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi's latest valuation of Chicago’s urban core places more of the area’s tax burden on ...
Trump administration sues Illinois, Cook County and Chicago over sanctuary immigration laws
The lawsuit argues that the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause “prohibits Illinois, Chicago, Cook County, and their ...
As Cook County’s environmental justice policy takes shape, communities voice priorities and concerns
Several days after Tara Stamps was appointed as a Cook County board commissioner in the summer of 2023, heavy storms flooded homes in her district’s West Side neighborhoods — including her own. “So I ...