CHICAGO (WLS) -- The community said goodbye Sunday to Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough. Yarbrough's family held a public memorial service at the University of Chicago Rockefeller Memorial Chapel in ...

Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon unveiled a new “smart” ballot drop box on Tuesday, stating she intends to use it for the March 2026 primary election and see if it can be implemented on a larger scale ...

Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon said her office is reinforcing its diversity, equity and inclusion measures amid “threatening rhetoric and cruel policies” from the federal government that are creating ...

Early voting started Monday in suburban Cook County and voters will have until the end of March to cast their ballot in the municipal election coming ahead of April 1 election day. There are 53 early ...

Gordon recently marked 100 days in office and is announcing a new DEI position. Gordon recently marked 100 days in office. In that time, she said, she's seen an increase in requests for records like ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — New efforts are ...

1. Please tell us about yourself, your background and why you believe you are qualified to hold this office. I am an attorney and a longtime advocate for social justice. I have lived in Chicago most ...

Cook County has launched a $300 million loan fund to help towns and other taxing bodies that will struggle without property ...

A Cook County program to help homeowners walloped by property tax hikes between 2021 and 2023 is now taking applications. The Cook County Homeowner Relief Fund will pay $1,000 to eligible homeowners ...

Two months after property tax payments would normally be due, Cook County, Illinois, is still struggling to send out accurate ...