The Cook County Assessor said the county's commercial businesses saw millions of dollars cut from their property tax bills this year, and the burden was shifted onto homeowners. According to the ...

With Cook County property tax payments due December 15, Treasurer Maria Pappas says payment plans are available for those unable to pay their tax bills in full by the deadline. The video in this story ...

Cook County’s property tax system is way behind schedule again, with second-installment tax bills just mailed Nov. 14 and due Dec. 15 — nearly four months late and just in time for the holidays. As ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Who is to blame for Chicago homeowners' skyrocketing property tax bills? Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi says the Cook County Board of Review is, for giving big tax cuts to places ...

This is a particularly bad year in Chicago for second-installment property tax bills to arrive late. One year after Cook County property tax officials congratulated themselves for getting the second ...

A fundamental precept for any system of taxation to be accepted as fair and equitable by the taxpaying populace is that the system must be objective, transparent, and predictable. Our current real ...