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 ...

Unpaid property taxes go up for auction in five collar counties in October through December, two and a half years after a U.S ...

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

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.

Cook County will soon distribute $1,000 payments to some homeowners who saw a significant spike in property taxes in the past years, the county announced in April. The Homeowner Relief Fund — a $15 ...

Vice President of Lending for Team Hochberg at Homeside Financial and host of WGN’s “Home Sweet Home Chicago” David Hochberg ...

Every year, my office mails more than 1.8 million tax bills to property owners across Cook County. If you have a mortgage, your lender may collect money from you each month and put it in an escrow ...

A Cook County senior is upset because his property tax refund is delayed, and it turns out what he thought was a small problem is actually a big mess affecting 25,000 taxpayers. A few years ago, Tom ...

How do you tell when people are overburdened by property tax bills? You could listen to what people are saying, of course, or make a comparison with rates for comparable property in other states. But ...

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 ...

Beginning Monday, homeowners in Cook County can apply for a chunk of $15 million as part of a property tax relief program. Under the direction of the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development, ...

Cook County’s property tax collection rate has hit its lowest point since 2012. The county had only collected 95.1 percent of taxes due for last year by Sept. 1, marking a 1.3 percent decrease from ...