Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ report calls on Democratic leaders that run state government to enact significant reforms ...

The next portion of Cook County property taxes are due on Wednesday. Here's a primer on why we even have property taxes.

Treasurer Maria Pappas released the study just days before property taxes are due in Cook County and says it's a "call to ...

Cook County property taxes have risen at twice the rate of inflation over the past 30 years, per a new study from county ...

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas has a deft and politically useful way of making the complex easy to understand.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As she campaigns for a fifth term as Cook County Board president, Toni Preckwinkle is saying the unit of government she directly ...

(The Center Square) – Legislation from the Illinois General Assembly has opened the door for Cook County to fund immigrants’ legal services with additional county taxpayer dollars. Last Thursday, the ...

Samantha Steele — the Cook County elected official who ran for reelection while fighting drunk driving allegations — suffered a landslide defeat in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Longtime Democratic ...

Cook County's public health system late Wednesday released its long-awaited response to an inspector general's report that was highly critical of the way it runs its Medicaid business, called ...