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Cook County States Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke cited 57 escape charges that have been leveled against defendants since Dec. 2 and accused the Chief Judge’s Office of not being adequately prepared to handle the responsibilities of managing electronic monitoring, which previously was under the purview of the Sheriff’s Office.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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Cook County has other budget priorities — its universal basic income program — Preckwinkle’s fave. Money for nothin.
Tim Evans, like his kindred spirits Kwame, Pritzger and others, wants empty jails at any cost. Letting him assume this disastrous notion of justice is like giving the fox the keys to the henhouse.
The motto on the Cook County flag should be “Catch & Release-Hug-a-Thug