The deadline for the first half of 2026 property tax payments on May 15 has been extended by two months for eligible property ...

Fritz Kaegi won’t be serving a third term as Cook County Assessor. Kaegi, who has lived in Oak Park since 2010, was defeated ...

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

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

Illinois lawmakers are weighing a proposal to delay property tax sales and pause penalties as the state grapples with how to ...

The Cook County Board of Commissioners will soon decide the fate of seven parcels of land that came under county ownership ...

Cook County Assessor-elect Pat Hynes joins David Hochberg to talk about his primary victory over Fritz Kaegi and what comes next for Cook County taxpayers. Hynes lays out his plans to clean up ...

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

Chicago’s budget director took improper homeowner tax breaks; part has been repaid and a county review is underway.

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

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

In 1789, Ben Franklin wrote that nothing was certain “except death and taxes.” Let’s focus on the taxes part of the great ...