Cook County has yet to mail out property tax bills that were supposed to go out in July with an August pay-by date. For ...

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.

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

Thousands of Cook County homebuyers are waiting on property tax reimbursements due to delays in tax bill mailing.

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 ...

We met with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and were disheartened to hear that her people still can’t say when property tax bills will be ready.

CHICAGO, Dec. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Treasurer Maria Pappas is offering Cook County property owners the option to prepay their 2024 property taxes that will be due in 2025. Pappas' office will mail ...

CHICAGO, Jan. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid growing concerns that increases in property tax bills are pushing senior citizens to leave their homes, Cook County Treasurer María Pappas reminded senior ...

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

The Cook County treasurer’s recent report, “A Broken Property Tax Appeals System: How the Assessment Appeals System Disproportionately Shifts the Tax Burden onto Homeowners in Low-Income, Black, and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The latest installment of Cook County property tax bills is online and being mailed out, and you may be one or the 1.3 million homeowners seeing a higher bill. A new study from the ...

Lawsuits are mounting from homeowners, investors and counties. Unless lawmakers act, taxpayers could pay millions in damages over Illinois' unconstitutional tax sale system.