A routine lunchtime gym visit turned into anything but normal for U.S. Navy Hospitalman Joseph Clark in Waukegan, Illinois.

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Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi and the top challenger to unseat him in next month's primary election agree the local property tax system is broken. But they are pointing fingers in very different ...

Fritz Kaegi is running for this third term as assessor against challenger Pat Hynes, endorsed by the Democratic Party. Lyons Township Assessor Hynes spent 23 years working in the Cook County ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — It’s a new twist in an ongoing battle to keep drugs out of Cook County Jail. WGN Investigates has previously reported on efforts by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office to stop ...

Brendan Reilly, one of the more conservative Democrats on the City Council, looks to unseat Toni Preckwinkle, who doubles as the powerful leader of the Cook County Democratic Party. Chicago Ald.

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On paper, Cook County circuit judges have great jobs. They make $258,000 a year, hold extraordinary power, and almost never get fired or even disciplined. But fewer and fewer attorneys are seeking the ...

Cook County is barreling toward a tax sale it may not legally be able to afford. Unless Springfield lawmakers act within days, the county’s annual auction of delinquent property tax debts will move ...

PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM HAS THIS STORY. YOU WILL SEE ONLY HERE ON FOUR. NONPROFIT GROUP BELIEVES THAT TRAUMA IS AT THE HEART OF SOME CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR. SO ADDRESSING THAT ...

In 1978, California voters passed Proposition 13, a state constitutional amendment known as “The People’s Initiative to Limit Property Taxation” and designed to protect older homeowners who voters ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Following complaints of skyrocketing property tax bills in some of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods, Democratic Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is in a tough race against ...