At a court hearing Wednesday, the Cook County State’s Attorney Office dropped felony battery charges against Ald. Colby ...

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 ...

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) ...

A former high-ranking Cook County assistant state’s attorney now in private practice can remain as special prosecutor in an alleged wrongful conviction case that was initially handled by attorneys he ...

Wilson spent 36 years in prison before a judge determined he was tortured into a false confession by disgraced former CPD ...

Just moments after being sworn in as Cook County's new state's attorney, Eileen O'Neill Burke announced a change to the county's policy involving the controversial SAFE-T Act.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Kim Foxx is leaving public office, leaving behind a race for her seat between Democrat Eileen O’Neill Burke, a former Cook County Circuit and Appellate Court judge ...