Late tax bills have cost Cook County schools nearly $122 million, district leaders say

The interest and issuance cost of borrowing and lost investments totaled $59.5 million for suburban school districts and ...

Some Townships in Cook County Remain Open for Appeal to Start 2026

O'Connor discusses how some townships in Cook County remain open for appeal to start 2026. CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, ...
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‘Taking money and throwing it into a fire pit’: School districts struggling with property tax distribution delays

Several suburban school superintendents told the Cook County Board Thursday their districts are hurting financially because ...

If Illinois lawmakers are serious about property tax reforms, here's a next step

The current system harms many homeowners, but its most severe consequences fall on Black and Brown households on the city's ...

Here’s what we learned from top Cook County candidates’ tax returns and ethics filings

The Tribune requested the past four years of tax returns from the Democratic candidates for Cook County Board president and ...

Property tax foreclosures illegally stripped Cook County homeowners of their equity, federal judge rules

The case affects more than 1,700 homeowners who lost their properties in tax sales, but whether the county owes them money ...

Bill filed to address loss of homes, equity over property tax debt

A Democratic state lawmaker has filed a bill to address the Illinois practice of county governments seizing homes and equity ...
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Cook County leaders want property tax relief for more seniors, but south suburban mayors group resists

As election season kicks off in earnest and the Springfield veto session hurtles to its conclusion, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Assessor Fritz Kaegi are both pressing state ...
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Cook County senior's property tax refund is held up, and he's far from alone

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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'Highballed': Communities of color over-taxed in Chicago area; what's being done to fix the problem

CHICAGO -- ABC News, ABC-Owned Television Stations and the ABC7 Chicago I-Team are finding that too many Black and Latino homeowners are being "highballed." They are more likely to pay higher property ...