The Cook County Board of Commissioners and the Justice Advisory Council joined together Wednesday on Chicago's South Side to ...

A new initiative at the Cook County Sheriff's Office hopes to help people with autism communicate better with police.

Many American cities and counties have been experimenting with a novel concept: Giving financially vulnerable residents free money every month without expecting anything in return. The goal is to let ...

Cook County is awarding $5 million to nine organizations for community violence intervention work. A new $15 million funding round opens for applications July 1. Gun homicides in the county fell from ...

After the Supreme Court announced it would take up a challenge to Cook County's assault weapons ban, State's Attorney Eileen ...

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Applications are now open for Cook County’s Project Rainbow Initiative and Grow with Google’s scholarship program. The county and Google are offering no-cost scholarships for Google Career ...

The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version. The Cook County Board of Commissioners ...

CHICAGO — The Cook County Board of Commissioners and the Justice Advisory Council joined together Wednesday on Chicago's South Side, during Gun Violence Awareness Month, to announce a funding ...