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    Failure to record Cook County eviction court hearings leaves tenants vulnerable

    By Olivia Stovicek and Mari Cohen | April 25, 2018

    State court officials plan to install equipment that will record eviction court hearings. But timing is not certain. In the meantime, tenants remain without record of what occurred, making appeals difficult.

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