Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This story is a collaboration between the Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune. Nearly half a billion dollars in taxable real estate value has ...
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s latest valuation of Chicago’s urban core places more of the county’s tax burden on commercial property owners than homeowners. A summary of his latest assessment of ...
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 ...
Illinois’ current property tax assessment system dates back to the year Apollo 13 launched and the Beatles broke up. Cook County officials say it's finally time for the 55-year-old framework to get an ...
The Cook County property tax system’s transition from a 50-year-old information technology system has had its share of missteps and delays due to its vendor, Tyler Technologies. But in any transition ...
The property tax appeal period is open now through Feb. 3.
Since 2000, the words “Property reassessment” have filled Cook County property owners with dread. Over a three-year period, the Cook County tax assessor turns their gaze to sections of Chicago and the ...
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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 ...
ORLAND TOWNSHIP — After a months-long delay, this year’s second installment tax bills are finally set to be issued, Orland Township Assessor Rich E. Kelly's office announced Monday. Bills will be ...