The Pulaski Skyway in Hudson County will close Friday evening into Saturday as part of a construction project, the NJ Department of Transportation announced. In order to reopen the Broadway ramp to ...

COOK COUNTY (WGN) — Homeowners in Cook County will pay the vast majority of a $770 million tax levy increase, with some north suburban communities seeing a tax rate increase more than triple the rate ...

In mid-February, a team from DLR Group, an international architectural firm, met with a coterie of local government officials to unveil plans for an open, airy 22,000-square-foot building it had been ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Public Schools says delays in Cook County property tax collections are increasing the district's borrowing costs by tens of millions of dollars as it works to close a budget ...

Cook County is considering whether to extend a financial lifeline to Chicago Public Schools by including the district in an interest-free loan program so the cash-strapped school system can avoid some ...

A new report from the Chicago-Cook County Violence Against Women Task Force has identified gasp in the justice system that often fails survivors. The task force said survivors of abuse and domestic ...

This weekend’s heavy rainfall in the Chicago area has helped to fuel record amounts of stormwater being stored in Cook County’s reservoirs, nearly 20,000 Olympic-size swimming pools’ worth. According ...

In Chicago, the minimum wage for employers with four or more employees is $17.05 per-hour, up from $16.60 per-hour, with an overtime minimum wage of $25.58 per-hour. For Chicago tipped workers working ...

CHICAGO — Starting Wednesday, the minimum wage for many workers will increase in Chicago and Cook County. The non-profit organization Arise Chicago held a press conference in West Town on Tuesday ...

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On January 1, 2026, the IRS standard mileage rate used by employers to reimburse for travel increased from 70 cents to 72.50 cents per mile. While businesses are not required to use the IRS standard ...