After a failed experiment with legal leniency, Oregon’s liberal stronghold tries to chart a path out of the fentanyl crisis.

When spring arrives in Arizona, it’s not just the desert wildflowers that draw people out for a drive—it’s the siren call of ...

State lawmakers have proposed a circuit breaker that would offer help homeowners who have seen their tax bills spike by more ...

JB Pritzker on Thursday tapped a Cook County official to run the Illinois Emergency Management ... 19 pandemic and the influx of asylum-seekers bused from the southern U.S. border, as well as ...

JB Pritzker on Thursday tapped a Cook County official to run the Illinois ... influx of asylum-seekers bused from the southern U.S. border, as well as responses to large-scale, weather-related ...

Two measles cases have been confirmed in Cook County amid the latest 2025 outbreak, public health officials announced Wednesday. They are the first two such cases in Cook County this year.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is brushing off concerns about a potential challenger in next year's primary. On Wednesday, longtime downtown Alderman Brendan Reilly ...

Some Cook County Board members are requesting closer scrutiny of the mosquito districts following an investigation by the county’s inspector general that resulted in calls for members of the ...

With some residents facing record-high increases to their property taxes, Cook County commissioners on Thursday approved giving one-time payments of $1,000 to a limited number of households ...

Two Cook County roads remain closed as of Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday morning, the county said five roads were partially or fully closed after being washed out by significant rainfall in Monday’s ...

Panariella was a participant in the Cook County Promise guaranteed income pilot. Esther Yoon-Ji Kang/WBEZ Share Cook County’s pilot program to provide guaranteed income to more than 3,000 people ...

Cook County's first two measles patients of the year are in isolation Thursday morning, but health officials are warning that dozens of people on Chicago's Northwest Side could have been exposed.