Illinois lawmakers are clashing over a Cook County property tax relief plan that restricts the types of evidence the Cook ...

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas said Black and Latino communities are disproportionately picking up the tax burden in the Chicago area -- and for one particular reason. On Monday, the Cook County ...

Cook County’s property tax appeal process shifted $1.91 billion in taxes from businesses onto homeowners over the last three years, exacerbating inequities in the city and suburbs, a new report found.

Cook County is saddled with a “broken system” of property tax appeals that gives breaks to business owners and wealthy white homeowners — while shifting nearly $2 billion of tax burden to the lowest ...

O'Connor discusses the high amount of property tax protests in Cook County fighting against high taxes. CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, April 21, 2025 /EINPresswire.com ...

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 ...

Beginning Monday, homeowners in Cook County can apply for a chunk of $15 million as part of a property tax relief program.

A former top official in the Cook County Assessor’s Office was sentenced to two years of probation on Tuesday after admitting to taking bribes and, later, helping the feds investigate corruption ...