Record Cook County property tax hikes under Toni Preckwinkle expose a fundamentally broken system, benefitting insiders and ...

Maria Pappas explains why the first 2025 property tax installment was pushed to April 1, how ongoing problems with the county ...

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Black officials backed Pat Hynes’ bid for Cook County assessor Thursday, highlighting still-fresh anger over higher home assessments on Chicago’s South and West sides.

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi and challenger Pat Hynes met for a Tribune editorial board endorsement session Monday ...

The Cook County Assessor’s Office processed more than 1.5 million property tax-saving exemptions for homeowners last year, while returning millions of dollars in revenue to taxing districts and ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — When their tax bills arrive, Cook County homeowners may be in for a big surprise, according to an analysis by the office of Treasurer Maria Pappas. After a monthslong delay, the second ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The second installment of Cook County property tax bills were due August 1. That includes the city of Chicago, where property owners got their first taste of a record increase the ...

The Cook County Board of Review will extend the appeals window for some townships. After a four-month delay, many Cook County property owners got a shock when their property tax bills arrived. The ...

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 ...