I have a problem with the Civic Federation’s new report encouraging annexation of unincorporated areas by municipalities in order to reduce Cook County’s costs. I generally agree with the ...

According to the report, Cook County spends nearly $43 million annually to serve 126,034 residents in unincorporated areas — 2.4 percent of its total […] Skip to content All Sections ...

Cook County sheriffÂ’s police officer Steve Hudak patrols Country Glen Apartments in an unincorporated area near Arlington Heights. Daily Herald File Photo, 2011 ...

Wheel tax Illinois: Vehicle registration fines, fees to end for unincorporated Cook County. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said wheel tax 'disproportionally' impacts Black, Brown ...

Unincorporated areas don't pay taxes to a municipality but instead depend on county government for services. It's unfair, inefficient and needs to change—here's how it can.

Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider wants ... to press ahead with an idea that has largely sat dormant for two years — getting municipalities to absorb much of the county's unincorporated ...

Pushing some suburban areas to join municipalities might sound like a good idea to civic groups and politicians, but persuading residents is a much different matter.

Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle is delaying, but also expanding, plans to charge residents of unincorporated Cook County for services they now get for free, such as police protection.