More than 500 people were arrested for retail theft​ recently in a specifically targeted mission by more than 100 law ...

At a union hall on Chicago’s South Side, the Cook County Democratic Party Central Committee decided Friday to back Rep.

In Chicagoland, we will not tolerate criminal actions designed to frighten and prevent women from exercising their reproductive rights.

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke has directed prosecutors to seek prison sentences in every felony case involving machine gun-type weapons, according to a new policy ...

With public safety being a top issue for voters, the next Cook County State's Attorney will have to strike between pressure for criminal justice reform and criminal accountability.

Which puts the Cook County state’s attorney — the elected official responsible for 700 lawyers prosecuting crimes among a population greater than Ireland’s — in a bind.

The Cook County State's Attorney primary race between Democrats Clayton Harris III and Eileen O'Neill Burke is too close to call, and may be for several days.

Two Democrats are facing off in the primary election for Cook County’s top prosecutor: Eileen O’Neill Burke, a moderate and retired appellate judge, and Clayton Harris III, a progressive who ...

The Cook County state's attorney has been accused of threatening a witness in a murder case Civil rights lawyer Jennifer Bonjean told Judge Carol Howard she believed State’s Attorney Eileen O ...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke on Reshaping the Office Clip: 5/27/2025 | 11m 27s | CC The county's top prosecutor promised a new approach when she was sworn in six months ago.