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Mariyana Spyropoulos is seeking to unseat Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Iris Y. Martinez. – Photo by Daniel Rude

Mariyana Spyropoulos says she’d be change agent as court clerk

After more than a decade as a commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board, Mariyana Spyropoulos is hopeful that she will be making a job title change to clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County.
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Lieberman remembered as ‘mensch’ who bridged political divides

Former Vice President Al Gore and other politician dignitaries remembered the late Joe Lieberman Friday as a “mensch” who both bridged partisan political divides and wasn’t afraid to go against mainstream political currents, during a packed funeral service for the four-term U.S. senator.
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Jesse G. Reyes makes case he’d lend different voice to high court

Breaking down language barriers and increasing access to justice are at the top of the agenda for 1st District Appellate Court Justice Jesse G. Reyes as he vies for a second time to become the first Latino to serve on the state’s highest court.

Trial Notebook

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Iowa Supreme Court blocks testimony about business records

In a case where prosecutors relied on the hearsay rule’s business-records exception to justify testimony about documents that weren’t admitted into evidence, the Iowa Supreme Court, citing decisions from across the country, reversed because “the rules of evidence create a ‘business records exception’ to the rule against hearsay and not a ‘testimony about business records exception.’”

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