District U-46 is among the taxing bodies finally receiving Cook County property tax revenue it should have been paid in the fall.
Treasurer Maria Pappas' office took "emergency steps" to send some of the more than $8 billion in property tax funds due to ...
Cook County approved a 2026 property tax levy of $13,780,089 on December 16, marking a 7.57% increase over the previous year.
The Cook County Treasurer's Office is providing $2.3B in emergency funds to local governments after long-delayed property tax ...
A federal judge ruled Cook County is illegally settling minor property tax debts by seizing the full value of properties. Illinois law still allows the practice.
Commissioner Sean Morrison wants to close the "212 Loophole," which let commercial properties pay lower residential tax rates. His plan also gives seniors 65+ a 10% property tax break every five years ...
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 federal judge ruled that Cook County’s system for handling unpaid property taxes violates the Constitution, delivering a major victory for homeowners who lost their properties and accumulated equity ...
Cook County has released a study proposing changes to its property tax incentives program to improve fairness and efficiency, including standardizing criteria and documentation.
A coalition of African American pastors in Cook County, Illinois, are urging lawmakers to roll back property taxes and implement property tax caps to prevent homeowners from being priced out of their ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The latest installment of Cook County property tax bills is online and being mailed out, and you may be one or the 1.3 million homeowners seeing a higher bill. A new study from the ...