Cook County assessor candidates spar over ‘garbage’ data, property tax shifts

The head-to-head featured Fritz Kaegi accusing Pat Hynes of being beholden to property tax attorneys and Hynes arguing Kaegi ...
Chicago Tribune

Sharp drop in arrests, other long-term crime trends shown in new Cook County data dashboard

Throughout 2019, Chicago police officers made nearly 80,000 arrests before scaling them back significantly during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the following spring. Now five years later, that ...
NBC Chicago

Cook County Health data breach exposes personal information of 1.2M patients

Personal details of 1.2 million patients within the Cook County Health and Hospital System were exposed in a data breach earlier this year, the health agency said on Friday. Perry Johnson and ...
Government Technology

Can Data Stop Death? Cook County, Ill.'s New Dashboard Aims to Try

Cook County, Ill., has unveiled a new dashboard that pulls back the curtain on death itself, offering public workers and agencies a real-time glimpse into how societal issues — from opioid addiction ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Data dashboard a major step forward for Cook County court system

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WDIO

Cook County Public Health experiences data breach

Cook County Public Health says they have experienced a data breach that may have exposed patients private information. People who receive county services may be impacted, and those who are will ...