Rising property taxes have political consequences. Lyons Township Assessor Pat Hynes unseated incumbent Fritz Kaegi by ...

Last year, Chicago's median residential tax bill in the city rose 16.7%, to $4,457, the largest percentage increase in at ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi saved Annette Guzman more than $3,400 by giving her homeowner exemptions on a condo she hasn ...

Lawmakers are working to work to address a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limits how much equity governments can take ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi has conceded defeat to Pat Hynes, a one-time employee of the two-term incumbent’s office.

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 ...

Lyons Township Assessor Pat Hynes seized on Cook County voters' dissatisfaction with property taxes to upset incumbent ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WGN) — In an election that holds the attention of homeowners in Cook County, Pat Hynes has been projected ...

Outside Chicago, only a fourth of municipal property taxes collected this year for police and fire are going to services.

Fritz Kaegi conceded defeat in his bid for a third term as Cook County assessor to rival Pat Hynes in Tuesday’s Democratic ...

The Cook County Assessor is in charge of appraising the county’s land parcels and handling tax incentives, exemptions and ...