The Cook County state’s attorney’s office is expanding a pilot program that lets Chicago police to directly file charges in ...

A 19-year-old man arrested last month after Cook County Sheriff’s officers said they found him asleep behind the wheel of a ...

When state lawmakers made Illinois the first state in the nation to end cash bail, they ramped up the pressure considerably on judges to protect the public from violent offenders when they’re charged ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is urging a federal district court judge to deny a motion to dismiss its challenge to Illinois ...

State officials say the Trump administration is pulling back $477 million aimed at preventing infectious disease and treating mental health and substance abuse issues.