Hours after refusing to take a campaign-related question because she said it was an “official” event, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx then used that event to solicit campaign contributions. Foxx participated in a court hearing on Wednesday to file the first motions to vacate low-level cannabis convictions ahead of the drug’s legalization for recreational use across Illinois on...

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx refused to take a political question at a news conference following a court hearing on cannabis conviction expungements – hours before using that same event to solicit campaign contributions.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx personally presented the first 1,012 cases to the chief judge Wednesday.

In a historic hearing Wednesday, in a building more accustomed to accusations than exonerations, State’s Attorney Kim Foxx began the process of purging what are expected to be hundreds of thousands of low-level cannabis cases statewide. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers has the story.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx was scheduled Wednesday to file in court the first motions to vacate low-level cannabis convictions ahead of the drug’s legalization for recreational use across Illinois on Jan. 1. Foxx will personally file the first 1,000 cannabis convictions herself Wednesday afternoon at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, her office said, adding that she will be joined…

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx was scheduled Wednesday to file in court the first motions to vacate low-level cannabis convictions ahead of the drug’s legalization for recreational use across Illinois on Jan. 1.

A former Chicago alderman who twice ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Chicago has joined the ranks of candidates running against Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Bob Fioretti formally announced on Monday his bid to unseat the top prosecutor in the county that includes Chicago. He joins a field that includes two former prosecutors and a...

Bill Conway is up with an ad in the race for Cook County state’s attorney in which he says he was fired upon while serving in the military overseas. “When I was in Afghanistan, I experienced the trauma of being fired upon,” Conway said in his ad that was released on Nov. 15. “It’s something I think about every...

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx acknowledged that she “fell short” in her handling of the case against former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist and homophobic attack on himself before the charges against him were suddenly dropped.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced her campaign for re-election on Tuesday with a video in which she admitted that with regard to the case of actor Jussie Smollett, she “didn’t handle it well.”

The family of a suburban Chicago security guard who was shot to death by a police officer is demanding justice a year after the shooting.

This is the newly sworn-in worker is a Labrador retriever named Hatty. The 2-year-old will work on a 9-to-5 human schedule. But she’s being asked to work like a dog, to just do what comes naturally to most dogs: show affection.

Two former Chicago nursing home workers have been charged with bilking a 98-year-old woman with dementia out of more than $700,000. A Cook County state’s attorney’s office spokeswoman said Monday that Tameeka Wolfe and Christina Wright were each charged with one felony count of financial exploitation of an elderly person. The charges stem from an investigation into allegations that employees...

A judge has imposed a $400-a-day fine on executives of a Chicago nursing home who haven’t shared what they know about the alleged theft of more than $750,000 from a 98-year-old resident suffering from dementia. The Chicago Sun-Times reports executives of Symphony Residences of Lincoln Park have yet to submit to a deposition in a civil case involving the treatment...

The office of the Cook County public guardian met Friday with attorneys for a Chicago nursing home facility whose employees were accused of stealing more than half a million dollars from a 98-year-old Japanese internment camp survivor with dementia.

Attorneys met on Friday to discuss the case of a 98-year-old woman who was removed from a senior living facility in 2018 after authorities said employees stole more than a half a million dollars from her bank account. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria reports.

State officials have authorized 26 businesses to provide health and safety training to operators who dispense cannabis in Illinois. The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced the list of “responsible vendors” on Tuesday. They are based in Cook, Lake, Kane, DuPage, Will and Sangamon counties and from Iowa, Texas and Florida.