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Changes are coming to the Cook County court system’s troubled electronic monitoring program. State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill ...

Cook County is at the center of a national debate over how local governments should respond to deep, persistent economic ...

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

Speaking at the City Club of Chicago on Tuesday to mark her first year as the county’s top prosecutor, O’Neill Burke said her ...

The Cook County Chief Judge’s Office is considering policy changes after a woman was badly burned on a CTA train.

The electronic monitoring system in Cook County has come under increased scrutiny, after a woman was set on fire in a ...

In a surprise win in September, Charles Beach unseated Chief Judge Tim Evans following a secret-ballot vote among his fellow ...

One day after he was sworn in, new Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach said he is ordering an urgent review of the county's ...