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

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

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

Chicago homeowners are getting soaked by rising property taxes. Dec. 15, 2025 – Chicago and Cook County’s brainy real estate ...

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

Financial planning tool offers free online help to budget late tax payments By Maria Pappas Property owners unable to pay ...

As commercial values have declined and residential values rebounded post-pandemic, the burden for public funding has shifted.

Second-Installment Cook County property taxes are due Dec. 15 for nearly 1.8 million Cook County homes and other properties.

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

A federal judge has ruled that Cook County’s “Tax Sales” violate the constitution, potentially putting the county on the hook ...

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

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