Late tax bills have cost Cook County school districts nearly $122 million, school leaders say

The interest and issuance cost of borrowing and lost investments totaled $59.5 million for suburban school districts and ...

Some Townships in Cook County Remain Open for Appeal to Start 2026

O'Connor discusses how some townships in Cook County remain open for appeal to start 2026. CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, ...

Here’s what we learned from top Cook County candidates’ tax returns and ethics filings

The Tribune requested the past four years of tax returns from the Democratic candidates for Cook County Board president and ...

Cook County distributing $2.3 billion in property tax revenue amid long delay due to computer issues

Treasurer Maria Pappas' office took "emergency steps" to send some of the more than $8 billion in property tax funds due to ...
The Real Deal

Q&A: Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi talks property tax reforms, improving investor confidence

Real estate investors are downright scared of Chicago property taxes. Almost everyone agrees Cook County’s real estate tax system is in need of major reforms, and at least some believe Assessor Fritz ...

Property tax foreclosures illegally stripped Cook County homeowners of their equity, federal judge rules

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

Cook Co. property taxes arrive in July, and south suburbs will see steep increases

CHICAGO (CBS) — The second installment of Cook County property taxes is about to go out, and south and southwest suburban homeowners will have to pay a lot more. Property taxes in the south suburbs ...
WTVD

'Highballed': Communities of color over-taxed in Chicago area; what's being done to fix the problem

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 ...