Charles Mount

Twenty attorneys, including a distant relative of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, have been nominated for 10 associate judgeships. The judgeships will be filled by the 165 Cook County Circuit Court...

Sixteen years after thieves made off with $4.3 million in Chicago`s famed Purolator vault heist, one of the crime`s central figures is about to cash in big-but it didn`t come...

When Dave Dyer was finished, the election judges applauded and Dyer pretended to wipe sweat from his brow. It had taken 45 minutes for him to win the battle of...

At least 1 of every 33 prescriptions issued to outpatients at Cook County Hospital has either the wrong dosage or incorrect instructions, and 63 percent of the patient charts have...

The Cook County board Tuesday rejected a controversial proposal to build a compost facility on about 40 acres of residential land in Rich Township near Matteson, paving the way for...

To cover the cost of maintaining its own sewer system, the City of Chicago has unfairly inflated the price of water for more than 50 suburbs by as much as...

Cook County Assessor Thomas Hynes Friday granted approval of a tax break for Harris Bankcorp Inc., acting before city leaders could rescind their approval of the development incentive. Ald. Edward...

Less than a week before the Chicago and Cook County Health Care Summit is to begin deliberations on a draft report that would restructure health care for the poor in...

The City of Chicago won an important victory Tuesday when a judge approved its settlement with four pension funds that will limit the city`s obligation to pay for health-insurance benefits...

Jesus Alvarado and Barbara Konowal learned a cold, hard truth Tuesday about the fickle hand of politics. As far as state officials are concerned, the young engaged couple can take...