‘If it’s not us, who is it going to be?’: Chicago students rally against ICE
Chicago students rallied during the school day to celebrate Hispanic culture and denounce U.S. Immigration...
Lansing
Charles Beach’s election as chief judge ushers in new era in Cook County courts
Speaking from his jury room a day after unseating Chief Judge Tim Evans in a...
Tim Evans out as chief judge, to be replaced by Judge Charles Beach
In a surprise result, Chief Judge Tim Evans is out as the leader of the...
Case referrals to Cook County restorative justice courts lag amid policy debate
Making good on a campaign promise, State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has stopped approving gun...
Judge releases woman after boy, 5, fatally shoots himself with her gun
Danya Bell, 29, made her first court appearance since her 5-year-old foster brother was found...
Citing ‘glaring lack of forensic capability,’ Burke seeks to build staff in first budget fight
Eileen O’Neill Burke wants her office to stay on top of rapidly-developing forensic science and...
Cook County public health head fired for not renewing medical license
After more than two years on the job as leader of Cook County’s Public Health...
The south suburban world where Pope Leo XIV grew up now very much changed
Places where Robert Francis Prevost may have spent childhood in, around Dolton is mostly now...
Cook County clerk trying out a ‘smart’ ballot drop box for next election, expanding language access
New drop box features a surveillance camera to record who drops off ballots, an electronic...
Sharp drop in arrests, other long-term crime trends shown in new Cook County data dashboard
Seeking to identify long-term shifts in how the criminal justice system operates in Cook County,...