In a recent editorial, the Tribune Editorial Board argues that “the job of those who assess property for tax purposes is to get the calculations as correct as possible in light of what’s actually ...

In another proof that history has an ironic streak, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is setting out to do what's needed doing for decades: fixing what's broken in Cook County's property ...

Assessor Fritz Kaegi has “clearly improved” the fairness of Cook County’s property tax assessment system over his two terms, according to a new study crediting his office with reversing problems that ...

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Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s latest valuation of Chicago’s urban core places more of the county’s tax burden on commercial property owners than homeowners. A summary of his latest assessment of ...