Delayed distributions of Cook County property tax revenues cost Orland High School District 230 $1.3 million, officials say.

Cook County homeowners have all been granted an extension in paying their first-installment property tax bills for 2026.

Proposed legislation would make Illinois compliant with a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision stating property owners are ...

County officials said they would be mailing 1.8 million first installment property tax bills for the 2025 tax year by March 2 ...

The state has not yet updated its law, exposing counties to potential liability, and two legislative fixes have been introduced to address the issue.

Amid rising property tax bills in Chicago, Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi – whose office plays a key role in determining ...

Chicago homeowners have suffered in recent years. While property taxes did increase in some Cook County suburbs in 2024, city ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The due date for property tax bills has come and gone, but Cook County officials remain under siege. On one side, a group of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As election season kicks off in earnest and the Springfield veto session hurtles to its conclusion, Cook County Board President ...

The head-to-head featured Fritz Kaegi accusing Pat Hynes of being beholden to property tax attorneys and Hynes arguing Kaegi ...

Cook County’s system to give property tax breaks to businesses is set to expire in two years, and Board President Toni Preckwinkle is looking to revamp the program that has already shifted billions of ...

Hynes got his start as a commercial appraiser of industrial properties and later became a longtime employee of the Cook County Assessor’s Office. He worked under former assessor ...