The Illinois Federation of Teachers sued Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas Monday to try to force her to mail property tax ...

The Illinois Federation of Teachers has filed a lawsuit against Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, claiming her office has repeatedly failed to disperse hundreds of millions of dollars in property ...

About 1 in 5 eligible voters decided the outcome of costly binding property tax questions in various suburbs in the past ...

Anyone riding the Chicago Transit Authority system will see a new warning starting Tuesday.

CHICAGO, Dec. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Treasurer Maria Pappas is offering Cook County property owners the option to prepay their 2024 property taxes that will be due in 2025. Pappas' office will mail ...

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Chicago, IL, Jan. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As Cook County Health (CCH) enters the new year, the health system celebrates a year of transformative progress and historic advancements. Through ...

Six people in Cook County have died from heat-related causes in July so far, marking the deadliest stretch of extreme ...

A study from the Cook County treasurer’s office showed that only one in every five eligible voters cast a ballot on key ...

A bat found in La Grange, Illinois, tested positive for rabies, according to Cook County officials.

A drug known to be 10 times more potent than fentanyl has been linked to seven deaths this year in Cook County.

Despite Cook County residents’ long, loud complaints about out-of-control property taxes and government spending, a majority of them couldn’t be bothered to turn out to vote in recent elections when ...