Voters in numerous Chicago-area communities headed to the polls on Tuesday night, delivering decisive results in communities like Dolton and Aurora.

Over 800 properties in Chicago’s West and South Side neighborhoods are up for grabs as part of a bankruptcy sale. According to the Illinois Answers Project and Block Club Chicago, the lots are linked to a woman dubbed “the city’s worst landowner” whose rat-infested properties racked up over $15 million in fines.

Twenty years ago the ponds of Izaak Walton Forest Preserve in southern Cook County looked very different. Clean and clear, they attracted birdwatchers, recreational fishers and nature enthusiasts. In 2025,

Beyond Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, there are no trauma centers in the county's south suburbs. Leaders at the local, state and federal levels must change this.

The state of Illinois has erased hundreds of millions of dollars in medical debt as part of a pilot program championed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

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AgeOptions finds financial insecurity, social isolation, housing issues and caregiver support needs for Cook County older adults.

Her bills piled up. While she never fell behind on her mortgage payments, her credit card debt was “getting too out of control,” Dubose said. She started a part-time job at Walmart. Some days she would go straight from her job at HACC to Walmart until 10 p.m., having been up since 5 a.m. It “took a toll,” she said.

Adding an auction step could make tax-delinquent properties more expensive, but homeowners would receive excess proceeds.

Four years after the state called for a network of domestic violence review panels, only seven counties have joined committees. Glaringly absent from the program: Cook County, home to Chicago and about 40% of the state’s population.