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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Historic property tax increases will hit south suburban homeowners’ mailboxes in the coming weeks, according to a new analysis from the Cook County treasurer’s office that found median tax bills there ...

A new online program aims to help alleviate the sting of Cook County residents who've received a big increase in property taxes this year, specifically in the south and southwest suburbs. Cook County ...

Maria Pappas is the treasurer of Cook County, Illinois, the second-largest county in America. She is now 75, and some time ago, the treasurer developed a bucket list. MARIA PAPPAS: I want to, you know ...

A new study could lay the groundwork for big changes to Cook County's incentive programs designed to spur economic ...