Illinois Attorney General special prosecutor investigation rooted in years of internecine battles involving budgetary control ...

Less than 10 months after he entered a federal prison following his conviction on corruption charges, former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke has been released. News accounts acknowledged the early release, ...

As a fledgling tech contractor looking to build its business in the insular world of Cook County politics, Texas-based Tyler Technologies turned to one of Illinois’ most well-connected lobbyists ...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s new policy disregards the individualized decisions of Cook County’s judges.

Cook County’s top prosecutor says she does not believe the chief judge can safely administer electronic monitoring and has instructed her lawyers to object every time it is imposed. Judges can ...

Cook County’s top prosecutor questions safety of electronic monitoring under chief judge State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has instructed her lawyers to object every time electronic ...

The Cook County sheriff's office is ending its decades-old electronic monitoring program, handing it over to the chief judge amid questions about who will arrest violators and how extra staff will ...

Sheila Murphy was a Cook County public defender, a private criminal defense attorney and Cook County’s first female presiding judge.

A Cook County judge who allowed a man later accused of killing his wife to be released on electronic monitoring will no longer hear domestic violence cases.