The Illinois Department of Revenue set the 2024 Cook County property tax equalization factor at 3.0355 to ensure assessments meet the required 33 1/3% of market value.

Cook County's minimum wage remains unchanged at $15.00/hour for non-tipped employees and $9.00 for tipped ones, with no increase scheduled for July 1, 2025. Compliance with the Minimum Wage Ordinance is required for local businesses.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with 16 other attorneys general, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to protect STEM funding and diversity programs following NSF cuts and directives.

The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled Trump's sweeping tariffs exceeded presidential powers, a stance backed by a coalition of attorneys general.

President Trump commuted the federal prison sentence of gang co-founder Larry Hoover, but he remains incarcerated under a separate 200-year state sentence.

The U.S. Attorney's Office has recovered $214 million from a "pump-and-dump" scheme involving China Liberal Education Holdings, Ltd., with seven indicted.

Lawmakers in Illinois are proposing a bill to rename the RTA to the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA), unify fares, and enhance security, but without addressing a $770 million budget shortfall.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul warns against "storm chaser" repair scams and advises residents on how to choose legitimate contractors post-storm.

AG Kwame Raoul led a symposium on public and private efforts to combat vehicular hijackings and auto thefts, highlighting collaborative strategies and technology use like GPS for theft prevention.

Illinois Attorney General charges a man with dissemination of child sexual abuse material; the case contributes to the broader effort to combat online exploitation.

The Illinois Senate has approved a bill to change senior driving test requirements, now heading to Governor Pritzker's desk for potential ratification.

The Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago reached a $4.8 million environmental settlement with Illinois for its cooling system's river water use.

Attorney General Kwame Raoul won a court order halting the Trump administration's efforts to reduce the Department of Education's workforce, thus protecting educational funding and services.