"Illinois law is supposed to cap year-to-year growth in property levies, but exemptions—especially for underfunded school pensions—have caused bills to soar. 'This system is rigged,' a pastor at a ...

This year, Cook County property owners were charged nearly $20 billion in combined taxes, a more than 23% increase over just five years.

A dispute over a seat on a crowded CTA bus escalated into a shooting that wounded two passengers — including a 65-year-old woman who wasn’t involved in the argument, prosecutors say. Cops used facial ...

The lab will create 550 jobs, officials said Tuesday. Of these, 350 would be transferred from the medical center’s main campus in Hyde Park, along with 200 new jobs, said Catina Latham, senior vice ...

Cook County has three public pension funds: for general employees, forest preserve workers and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District employees. The data below covers the Cook County Employees’ ...

FEMA granted Indiana’s request Aug. 25 for federal help following the same Aug. 11 storm which left many Illinois residents just across the state line without power for weeks. It’s the third time FEMA ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s removal of the broad relocation mandate addressed a major problem in the original ordinance. The remaining guidelines still merit scrutiny.

The U.S. Marshals Service said the fugitives were wanted in cases involving sexual assault, dangerous drugs and weapons. Investigators said the targets were living in or using government-subsidized ...

“Ultimately, people need to know, we're talking about just barely two miles worth of sewers and a water retention basin,” said Jill Shestokas, one of three Republican candidates running for three open ...

The censors who walk sanctimoniously among us are not conservatives—not by a long shot. The censors are the ones who lie through their teeth as the claim to “honor all voices,” delight in diversity, ...

Retired Chief of Police Tom Weitzel: "I have reached the end of my patience. I have spent nearly four decades in law enforcement, and I believe in due process. I believe defendants are entitled to ...

Hundreds of Lincoln Park High students walk out in solidarity with Jane Doe in Cornell rape case – Chicago Sun-Times ...