Stealing from one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen gets ex-Cook County judge 4 years of probation

Patricia Martin, former presiding judge of the juvenile court's child protection division, bilked a decorated WWII vet out of ...

A Cook County drug court program is helping non-violent offenders overcome substance use

Fourteen graduates got their records expunged for completing the (W)RAP program, which offers non-violent offenders treatment and support as an alternative to incarceration.

Cook County property taxpayers get another shot at appeals

Citing this year’s record property tax hikes, the Cook County Board of Review is giving taxpayers another brief shot at knocking down their bills for next year.
Daily Herald

Preckwinkle: Long-delayed Cook County property tax bills hitting mailboxes next week

The long-overdue second installment of Cook County’s property tax bills will be mailed Nov. 14 and due Dec. 15. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle made the announcement Friday morning, about ...
Chicago Tribune

Cook County property tax bills will be mailed out on Nov. 14

After months of uncertainty and delay, Cook County officials announced Friday that property tax bills will be mailed on Nov. 14 and are due by Dec. 15. Homeowners will thus be able to include those ...