At a court hearing scheduled for July 8, the Cook County State’s Attorney office is expected to drop felony battery charges ...

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, center, walks from a press conference at Chicago police headquarters on Feb. 26, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) ...

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.

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx says she's choosing not to run for reelection 03:09. Foxx, who was first elected to office in 2016 as the first Black woman to serve as the county's top ...

State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke has instructed her lawyers to object every time electronic monitoring is imposed. Chief Judge Timothy Evans' office has acknowledged it will need more than ...

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 ...

Democratic candidates for Cook County state’s attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke and Clayton Harris III have both vowed to support an effort that would require an attorney for all juveniles during ...

Last fall, current Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx raised the threshold for filing felony charges from the state law level of $300 to $1,000. The candidates offered different approaches to ...

Race for Cook County State's Attorney to come down to 3.5k ballots as vote counting continues Updated totals released Sunday night showed O'Neill Burke with 259,445 votes and 50.20% of ballots ...

C OOK COUNTY, IL — Bob Fioretti is running on the Republican ticket for Cook County State's Attorney. Fioretti is facing Democratic opponent Eileen O'Neill Burke and Libertarian Andrew Kopinski.