According to a recent study by the county treasurer, taxes went up by a median of more than 16% citywide. Dal Santo's ...

At the Cook County Building, a coalition of African American pastors rang the bell for what they said is an economic emergency. Rev. Ira Acree and clergy representing 20 different churches throughout ...

The Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board unanimously approved a 4.65% increase to its portion of homeowners’ property tax bills at its Monday, Dec. 15 ...

The SALT deduction also covers more than just your state income taxes. For instance, you can generally deduct state and local ...

CHICAGO - Cook County's longstanding system of collecting property tax debts by seizing and selling people's homes, worth ...

There are lawmakers — and candidates — who put forward serious, workable solutions that can lower property taxes.

A growing wave of property tax reforms are underway across multiple U.S. states, driven by homeowner frustration over soaring ...

Some Ameren Illinois customers zapped by large spikes in electricity costs about a decade ago will notice a credit on upcoming power bills. The credits are the result of a settlement with Dynegy, a ...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has secured a significant victory for consumers in central and southern Illinois, with a $38 million settlement from a power market manipulation case involving ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Settlement talks aimed at getting property tax refund checks mailed in Jackson County have ended without any resolution. A court filing this week says mediation over the potential ...

Federal tax refunds often represent a family's single largest check of the year, and next year's refunds could be even bigger, with the average payment set to increase by about $1,000 per filer, ...

(The Center Square) – Manufacturers say legislators at the Illinois State Capitol have done enough damage, and a progressive tax would be too much. Last week, former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn proposed a ...