Staffing numbers have remained stagnant since the office was created in 2007. Meanwhile, some county officials have grown hostile, it appears, over a proposal that will help the office alleviate ...

Mariyana Spyropoulos took office in December and began to do what she promised to do: improving trust and transparency.

Cook County's top judge has signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court. Detaining residents outside court has been a common tactic for federal agents, who have been stationed outside ...

Attorney Mark W. Smith of The Four Boxes Diner says Cook County has filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to deny review in ...

State lawmakers approved a package of laws that set protections for immigrants at courts, public universities and day care ...

Nearly 2.2 million people in Illinois might see eligible criminal records sealed following passage of the ‘Clean Slate’ Act ...

CHICAGO - A state appeals panel has agreed an insurance company doesn’t need to contribute to a $28.5 million settlement that ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is appealing a ruling made in a lawsuit against Illinois, Cook County and Chicago over ...

Kat Abughazaleh, who is running to represent Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, and Catherine “Cat” Sharp, who is running ...

As demonstrations outside an immigration enforcement facility near Chicago have ramped up, so has the number of protesters being led away in restraints. Here are the stories of three of them.

A college student from Round Rock born with no hands is competing for a Rhodes Scholarship. Garrison Shin,  22, was adopted ...