Anita Alvarez

Prosecutors Claim Northwestern Journalism Student Paid Witness

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — Prosecutors claimed in court Tuesday that Northwestern University journalism students paid two witnesses in order to make their case t...

Prosecutors Still Won't Explain Why They're Subpoenaing Northwestern Journalism Students' Grades

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — A Northwestern University professor and journalism students who spent three years investigating the case of a man convicted in the 197...

Prosecutor Defends Going After Northwestern Students' Notes, Class Material

Chicago Tribune | Daarel Burnette II | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago


Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez defended subpoenaing Northwestern University journalism students' notes and recordings of witness interview...

Burr Oak Cemetery: 4 Charged With Dismembering At Least 300 Bodies In Graveyard Scam

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago


ALSIP, Ill. — (AP) Three gravediggers and a cemetery manager unearthed hundreds of corpses from a historic black cemetery south of Chicago, dump...

Lisa Madigan Rates Mention As Possible Obama Supreme Court Pick

Huffington Post | Posted 06.07.2009 | Chicago


Dozens of names have surfaced as potential replacements for Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who is retiring at the end of this year's term. The mo...

Durbin Suggests Chicagoans For Supreme Court Vacancy

WBBM Newsradio | Posted 06.04.2009 | Chicago


Durbin says there are some outstanding potential choices for the US Supreme Court right here in Chicago. He suggests Federal Judge Anne Williams, who'...

Stroger Troubles: State's Attorney Reportedly Opens Investigation, Fired Cousin On Hook For Felon's Legal Bills

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.29.2009 | Chicago


Last week may have been a rough one for Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, but this one is shaping up to be worse. According to several report...

Pat Quinn Names Ryan Scandal Victim, Northwestern Football Coach To Ethics Panel

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.16.2009 | Chicago


Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn named the members of his ethics commission, "Reform Illinois Now," Friday. Among those appointed are the Rev. Scott Willis, whose ...

Attorney General Madigan Moving Burge Police Torture Cases To Cook County State's Attorney

Chicago Sun-Times | John Conroy and Maurice Possley | Posted 01.22.2009 | Chicago


After five years of fighting to keep Chicago Police torture cases from being reopened, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is seeking to shift resp...

Madigan And Alvarez Sue Debt Collector For Deception

STNG | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago


Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed lawsuits Wednesday against a debt collection company for w...

Hudson Tragedy: Balfour's Attorney Confident He's Not Guilty (VIDEO)

Posted 01.03.2009 | Chicago


The attorney for the man charged with the the murder of three of Jennifer Hudson's relatives said Wednesday that he was "confident" that his client w...

Anita Alvarez Sworn In As State's Attorney

Chicago Tribune | Matthew Walberg | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago


Anita Alvarez, the first woman and Hispanic to be elected Cook County state's attorney, took her oath of office today. Alvarez pledged to use the fu...

Alvarez Wins Historic Victory In State's Attorney Race

Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago


"Democrat Anita Alvarez won her bid Tuesday to become the first Hispanic and first woman state's attorney in Cook County, handing Republican Tony Per...

Anita Alvarez: Playing the "Experience Card"

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 12.05.2008 | Chicago


Esther J. Cepeda

I waited patiently to see if, when times got tough, Alvarez would stoop to pandering for votes based on her ethnicity so I could tisk, tisk.

State's Attorney Candidates Get Religion

Chicago Tribune | Monique Garcia | Posted 12.04.2008 | Chicago


The Democratic and Republican candidates for Cook County state's attorney delivered their closing arguments Sunday, visiting churches in high-crime Ch...

Alvarez Has Huge Money Lead In State's Attorney Race

Chicago Reader | Mick Dumke | Posted 11.28.2008 | Chicago


If money talks in the race for state's attorney like it does in most other campaigns, expect to hear a triumphant roar from Democrat Anita Alvarez and...

State's Attorney Candidates Clash At Debate

Chicago Sun-Times | Rummana Hussain | Posted 11.24.2008 | Chicago


he three Cook County state's attorney hopefuls weighed in on the recent federal indictment of former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge in a televised deb...

Jon Burge Arrested In Torture Cases

AP | Mike Robinson | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago


Scroll down for video of Mayor Daley's response, the alleged victims speaking out, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald explaining the charges and more ba...

Gloves Off In State's Attorney Debate

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 10.17.2008 | Chicago


At their very first debate, Cook County state's attorney candidates skipped the honeymoon period and immediately blasted each other as political hacks...