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

Treasurer Maria Pappas is asking for more time to decide whether to appeal a judge's Dec. 8 decision in a high-profile ...

As we have written before, this system feels like something from the 19th century; it has the historical stench of a racist ...

A coalition of African American pastors in Cook County, Illinois, are urging lawmakers to roll back property taxes and ...

With Cook County property tax payments due 15, Treasurer Maria Pappas says payment plans are available for those unable to ...

Cook County homeowners face rising property taxes. Three-fourths of that money is going to police and fire pensions instead ...

Homeowners across Cook County are getting property tax bills they can’t afford, with some families on the South and West ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi faced many angry questions even as he tried to pass the blame onto others for the current ...

After a group of homeowners filed suit claiming Cook County’s tax sale process robbed them of home equity, a federal judge ...

Federal judge rules the system violates the “takings” clause, but compensation for homeowners in class-action lawsuit remains ...

Due to Cook County’s zero-sum property tax system, a controversial valuation process hammers neighborhoods with little economic cushion.

The case affects more than 1,700 homeowners who lost their properties in tax sales, but whether the county owes them money ...