A Circuit Court judge ruled this week that Cook County misspent hundreds of millions of transportation dollars, a win for the ...

Chief Judge Charles Beach had pledged to overhaul the county’s monitoring system following a high-profile arson attack on a ...

Weeks after two lawyer groups urged his removal over a blog post on a conservative opinion site, the state high court vacated ...

A Cook County Circuit Judge in Illinois rules that Cook County misdirected $243 million in transportation revenues in 2023 that should have gone to transportation infrastructure needs.

The Cook County chief judge’s office has toughened protocols around its electronic monitoring program, making changes in the ...

Weekends will see a 24-hour time limit on reporting violations for judicial review starting Feb. 7, and unauthorized absences have been reduced to three hours from the previous 48 hours.

A Circuit Court judge ruled that Cook County misspent millions of dollars in funding for transportation.

LOMBARD, Ill., Jan. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 800 court service deputies in Cook County, Ill., have voted to join Teamsters Local 700. The unit spans the entirety of Cook County and includes ...

The county’s Restorative Justice Community Courts reroute young people with nonviolent charges from criminal courts to an alternative program. Upon completion, the charge is dismissed.

Just over a month after Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach ordered an urgent review of the county's electronic monitoring ...