Cook County has yet to mail out property tax bills that were supposed to go out in July with an August pay-by date. For ...

As election season kicks off in earnest and the Springfield veto session hurtles to its conclusion, Cook County Board ...

CHICAGO, Jan. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid growing concerns that increases in property tax bills are pushing senior citizens to leave their homes, Cook County Treasurer María Pappas reminded senior ...

Lawsuits are mounting from homeowners, investors and counties. Unless lawmakers act, taxpayers could pay millions in damages over Illinois' unconstitutional tax sale system.

Beginning Monday, homeowners in Cook County can apply for a chunk of $15 million as part of a property tax relief program.

We met with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and were disheartened to hear that her people still can’t say when property tax bills will be ready.

Cook County is saddled with a “broken system” of property tax appeals that gives breaks to business owners and wealthy white homeowners — while shifting nearly $2 billion of tax burden to the lowest ...

The Cook County Homeowner Relief Fund will pay $1,000 to eligible homeowners who saw a property tax increase of 50% or more ...

One local woman is still owed more than $9, 000, but her hold up started years before the computer upgrade mess.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The latest installment of Cook County property tax bills is online and being mailed out, and you may be one or the 1.3 million homeowners seeing a higher bill. A new study from the ...

The Cook County treasurer’s recent report, “A Broken Property Tax Appeals System: How the Assessment Appeals System Disproportionately Shifts the Tax Burden onto Homeowners in Low-Income, Black, and ...

Your Cook County property tax bill could be delayed after a data error at the Cook County Assessor's Office is holding up a key step in the process. A study from the ...