Illinois lawmakers passed legislation expanding eligibility for senior property tax breaks and moving the due date back one month for spring Cook County property tax bills.

Homeowners can call or write their representatives in the state legislature to express their support for these reforms to the ...

As election season kicks off in earnest and the Springfield veto session hurtles to its conclusion, Cook County Board ...

Illinois lawmakers are clashing over a Cook County property tax relief plan that restricts the types of evidence the Cook County Board of Review can consider and requires online transparency. During a ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Hundreds of properties throughout Cook County are being misclassified or undervalued, resulting in a significant loss in tax dollars. That's according to an investigation by ...

Democratic primary battles formally launched Monday for two of Cook County’s top elected positions. Cook County Board ...

Dragging carts full of petition papers to get on the March primary ballot, candidates for Cook County offices filled the ...

A major error in property classification by the Cook County Assessor’s Office has sparked serious concerns among taxpayers. Widespread misclassifications 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 ...

The Cook County Homeowner Relief Fund will pay $1,000 to eligible homeowners who saw a property tax increase of 50% or more ...

One local woman is still owed more than $9, 000, but her hold up started years before the computer upgrade mess.

In a January 28 article in the Chicago Tribune, Cook County, Illinois Assessor James Houlihan renewed his call for state lawmakers to “impose a 7 percent per year cap on increases in residential ...