New data shows that violent retail crime is on the rise, and taxpayers can be counted among the victims. Illinois Retail ...

Cook County is offering more tools, data, and transparency to help property owners understand and verify their property assessments. From open data releases to detailed methodology worksheets, ...

An initiative for a countywide sales tax to fund public school needs continues to advance toward a referendum in the fall.

Probe of shooting: Illinois State Police have opened an investigation into the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas González, ...

Cook County’s 2026 housing market is favoring sellers who plan their timing carefully. Mid-April aligns with strong seasonal demand and can help listings sell faster and for more money. In active ...

A condominium in Chicago that sold for $5.5 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in ...

It’d be reasonable to expect schools to limit spending — and hence property-tax increases — to the level of inflation, if they were adequately funded. They aren’t. Currently, education funding in ...

A single-family home in Palatine that sold for $400,000 is leading the list of the best real estate deals in DuPage / Cook ...

Housing costs are high across the state, and especially in Cook County. And with a housing shortage to grapple with, many in ...

Thousands of Cook County property owners are still waiting for bills they should have received last year, and tens of ...

Cook County is currently embroiled in one of the worst property tax situations of the modern era. What started as a computer glitch quickly spiraled out of control, revealing the systemic failures in ...