Illinois Quick Hits: Cook state’s attorney defends sanctuary policy
(The Center Square) – Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen Burke says her office is defending the county’s policy to ban county workers from sharing information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement about an individual’s incarcerated status or release date.
Burke said her office presented oral arguments on Thursday in U.S. v. Illinois, et al, a case challenging to state, county and local sanctuary policies for people unlawfully present in the United States.
O’Fallon man convicted of shooting at U.S. marshals
A southern Illinois jury returned three guilty verdicts for a convicted felon who opened fire on U.S. Marshals serving his arrest warrant at an East St. Louis motel in June 2025.
Prosecutors said Earl Frank, 57, of O’Fallon, Illinois, was a fugitive of justice after he cut off his ankle monitor while on supervised release in July 2024.
Pope may vote in Illinois election
Pope Leo XIV could be casting a ballot for Tuesday election in Illinois.
The first American-born pontiff is eligible as a resident of Will County and the state’s First Congressional District.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported on Thursday that the former Cardinal Robert Prevost requested a mail-in ballot.
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