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Cook County, Illinois launches a permanent guaranteed income

Cook County, Illinois has become a focal point in the national debate over how local governments can support residents facing volatile wages, rising housing costs, and uneven access to public benefits ...
The Daily Northwestern

Illinois, Cook County relieves $1.5 billion in medical debt

Cook County and the state of Illinois erased upwards of $1.5 billion in medical debt for over 770,000 Cook County residents through the Illinois Medical Debt Relief Program, leaving many county ...
Hoodline

Cook County Prosecutor Fights To Block Exonerated People's Certificates

Cook County prosecutors are contesting most certificates of innocence, keeping exonerees tied up in court and delaying ...
WBEZ

Cook County Jail safety concerns raised after inmate's death ruled a homicide

Illinois is examining Martinez Duncan’s death for potential criminal behavior by jail staff, according to the Cook County ...
Daily Herald

Cook County’s tax delay exposes Illinois’ worsening business environment

Cook County’s property tax system is way behind schedule again, with second-installment tax bills just mailed Nov. 14 and due Dec. 15 — nearly four months late and just in time for the holidays. As ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Cook County weighs limitations of its medical debt relief initiative

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Cook County program designed to relieve patient medical debt may not be working for everyone. For many struggling to pay their hospital bills, the financial relief may come a little ...

Illinois Megaprojects Bill Moves Forward And Could Keep the Bears in Chicago

O'Connor discusses how Illinois's megaprojects bill moves forward and how it could keep the Bears in Chicago. CHICAGO, ...