With only four Cook County Circuit Court seats open for countywide election in the March 2026 primary, Cook County Democratic Party committee people met ...

The investigation found how weakly the landlord-tenant law is enforced by judges, and how common it is for tenants who withhold rent due to lack of repairs to get their leases terminated, receive rent ...

In the decades since, Black homeowners in Cook County have weathered predatory contract buying, redlining, discriminatory lending practices, the foreclosure crisis, and a property assessment system ...

This investigation was reported in collaboration with the Chicago Tribune. In a flurry of contracts inked a decade ago, some of Illinois’ most powerful political figures declared it was time to fix ...

We broke down the data on specific charges and asked experts to explain why racial disparities are increasing in Cook County criminal court.

U visas offer immigrant crime victims a path to citizenship. Two sergeants with controversial backgrounds are standing in the way.

Chicago’s promises to provide counseling, social services instead of court or detention for youthful offenders is late, under-resourced, and run by some contractors with past controversies.

Chicago Police Lt. John D. Poulos is running for Cook County judge. Standing in his way is a tarnished track record that experts say calls his credibility into question.

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Responding to Darlie Lynn Routier’s frantic 911 call from her Dallas County home in 1996, police found her two sons, Devon Routier, 6, and Damon Routier, 5, dying of stab wounds.

Illinois Supreme Court race raises questions about ethnic representation on the highest court and whose experience counts as Latinx.