The Cook County’s Assessor’s Office, officials, advocacy groups, and community leaders gathered to push for changes to the ...

The Cook County Board of Commissioners have approved a $20 million grant to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees to ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Cook County homeowners may finally have something to smile about when it comes to taxes. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced on Monday a relief program for ...

Homeowners in Chicago and Cook County are left in limbo as the county struggles to finalize the 2024 property tax bills. Initially due on August 1, the due date has been rescinded amid ongoing issues ...

A Cook County senior is upset because his property tax refund is delayed, and it turns out what he thought was a small problem is actually a big mess affecting 25,000 taxpayers. A few years ago, Tom ...

CHICAGO -- ABC News, ABC-Owned Television Stations and the ABC7 Chicago I-Team are finding that too many Black and Latino homeowners are being "highballed." They are more likely to pay higher property ...

A former top official in the Cook County Assessor’s Office was sentenced to two years of probation on Tuesday after admitting to taking bribes and, later, helping the feds investigate corruption ...

Fritz Kaegi has gotten used to pushback from commercial property owners since he first became Cook County assessor in 2018. Now he's facing a new adversary: his own political party. In a move that ...

In Cook County politics, reform tends to come with a shelf life. The Cook County Democratic Party snubbed incumbent Assessor Fritz Kaegi, throwing its support behind Lyons Township Assessor Patrick ...

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