The movement among Illinois counties to separate from Chicago and Cook County to form a new state continues to grow.

Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman is in trouble for allegedly circulating a meme of a Black boy with an electronic ankle monitor ...

Cook County-commissioned study recommended consolidating electronic monitoring under Chief Judge Timothy Evans, eliminating ...

Indiana legislators have proposed re-drawing state boundaries to include 33 Illinois counties that have voted to secede.

A gun rights advocate is praising a Cook County judge’s decision to side with them against the county’s gun and ammunition ...

Wheeling Township voters will have a chance to weigh in on Illinois state lawmakers imposing unfunded mandates. After the ...

The deal, put forward at a Bureau County Board meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 14, would send up to 50 of Cook County's inmates to ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 15, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi got a prominent seat in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's private box for the ...