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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Cook County Record News


Class action targets Absopure bottled water seller for asking job applicants about family medical history

By Cook County Record |
The company that sells the Absopure line of bottled waters has been accused in a new class action of improperly asking job applicants about their family medical histories, allegedly in violation of Illinois' genetic information privacy law.

Anne Burke, wife of indicted Chicago alderman, selected next chief justice of Illinois Supreme Court

By Cook County Record |
Anne Burke, an Illinois Supreme Court justice who has served on the court since 2006, and the wife of indicted Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, has been selected by her fellow justices to serve as the new chief justice of the state’s high court.

Appeals court: Comptroller can't embargo over $1M from cash-strapped Harvey at pension fund's request

By Cook County Record |
A state appeals court has, for now, ordered Illinois’ state comptroller to release its hold on more than $1 million in Illinois tax disbursements the financially troubled city of Harvey says it needs to meet its payroll, including paychecks for its police and firefighters, but which the state says it is required to seize and steer to retired Harvey municipal workers.