Township government was created in Illinois by the Constitution of 1848. Constitutional delegates gave each county the option to choose between the township form of government or a county ...

Down staters are leaving Chicago to make their own state, that’s the idea behind a nonprofit organization called New Illinois.

Bob Anderson is. The former McHenry Township trustee-turned-watchdog is championing legislation to reduce the number of townships in Illinois.

National Geographic just released the maps, where you can check cases county by county in Illinois and across the U.S.

Legislation passed earlier this month requires some school boards in Cook County to act swiftly in a changing landscape related to school treasurers. At issue are “township trustees of schools ...

Illinois' Cook County, which is home to Chicago, saw more gun-related homicides in 2021 than in any other year on record, according to officials.

Since rabies can threaten pets, Cook County Animal Control has posted an interactive map showing the relative danger based on the nine locations of those positive tests. The map is meant to raise ...