A 6-1 majority of the Illinois Supreme Court agreed that Cook County can't use HIPPA to withhold data concerning when gunshot victims are treated, and when - or if - those treatments are reported to police, as required by law
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals says Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot have a 'low bar' to clear in defending their mandates that force government workers to choose between taking the vaccine and keeping their jobs because the orders don't infringe fundamental rights
Attorney Tom DeVore has filed suit on behalf of dozens of Chicago city workers, arguing Mayor Lori Lightfoot's vaccine-or-test mandate wasn't issued legally, and violates city workers' due process rights
A legal challenge to Gov. JB Pritzker's use of emergency powers over high school athletics now has been amended to ask a Springfield judge to block Pritzker and others from requiring Illinois high school athletes and students to receive COVID vaccines
The taxes violate a section of the Illinois state constitution governing how taxes can be enacted, and for what purposes, the state high court ruled, sidestepping arguments over whether the taxes violated the right to keep and bear arms.
An appellate court ruled ZIP codes of people who received mental health treatment are protected information not subject to the Freedom of Information Act
Panel determines private 'consultants' don't have standing. The judges said the patients weren't harmed by the state's delay in processing caregivers' paychecks and would gain nothing from the lawsuit.
The owner of a Pennsylvania debt collection company, which for years has chased down those who owe money to Cook County, has been indicted on federal charges of allegedly bribing court clerks, including Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, to land such contracts.
A court-appointed monitor of Cook County patronage is asking a federal judge to release her from her oversight duties, saying she believes the county’s government has undergone “profound transformation” in its employment practices and has a culture in place to keep politics from unduly influencing who gets county jobs and who doesn’t.
A patient is suing Cook County Health and Hospitals System, doing business as Vista Health Center of Cook County, and a nurse, citing alleged negligent supervision.
Cook County residents who have bought a car in recent years may need to begin watching their mail for an envelope from Cook County, demanding perhaps hundreds of dollars under a county tax, thanks to an ongoing, little-heralded arrangement with a debt collector and local law firm deputized to act as county attorneys.
A patient is suing the Oak Forest Health Center; the Cook County Health and Hospitals System; Chukwemeka Ezike, M.D.; and Gozi Medical and Occupational Health Ltd., alleging the health care providers were negligent in failing to diagnose him with diabetes.
In an effort to reduce the county's jail population and save Cook County and its taxpayers money, three buildings at the Cook County Jail will be demolished.
Cook County has unveiled a new program officials say will help thousands of uninsured county residents afford health care, providing eligible residents access to primary and specialty care through the Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS).
CHICAGO – Cook County has released the preliminary forecast for its 2017 fiscal year budget, signaling that tough times and tax hikes may lie ahead for the county.
The owner of the Café Descartes string of coffee houses has demanded at least $7.6 million from Cook County, saying officials at Stroger Hospital rigged the bid process over the rights to operate a coffee house in the hospital.
