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.

Just in time for this summer’s property tax bills, the Cook County Board has finalized plans for a one-time relief program for a small slice of taxpayers. The program will dole out $13.6 million in ...

The second installments of Cook County property tax payments are due this Thursday, Aug. 1. But residents have yet to even receive their bills. Officials attribute the significant delay to technology ...

Cook County is considering offering one-time payments of $1,000 to residents who have had the biggest hikes in their property tax bills. The county has budgeted $15 million for the program this year, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is, once again, facing scrutiny over property taxes. In a year when homeowners in some parts of the county are seeing skyrocketing assessments, now ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. A $15 million piece of the budget that Cook County ...

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 ...

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