Unpaid property taxes go up for auction in five collar counties in October through December, two and a half years after a U.S ...

A lawsuit against the city of Chicago alleging that sales of properties over tax debt were racially discriminatory has been dismissed. A disproportionate number of Black- and Latino-owned properties ...

Vice President of Lending for Team Hochberg at Homeside Financial and host of WGN’s “Home Sweet Home Chicago” David Hochberg ...

A federal judge dismissed claims that Cook County’s sales of properties over their tax debt are racially discriminatory. To claim the disproportionate number of Black- and Latino-owned properties sold ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi explains why property tax bills are delayed, how the Senior Freeze Exemption may be at risk, ...

The Cook County’s Assessor’s Office, officials, advocacy groups, and community leaders gathered to push for changes to the ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- With a motion to repeal the sweetened beverage tax expected to come before the Cook County Board next week, Board President Toni Preckwinkle was once again defending the tax on ...

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On the fourth try, the Cook County, Illinois board of commissioners successfully reduced the county’s retail sales tax, which applies in Chicago and surrounding suburbs and unincorporated areas of the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The latest installment of Cook County property tax bills is online and being mailed out, and you may be one or the 1.3 million homeowners seeing a higher bill. A new study from the ...

Cook County in Illinois is offering $149.4 million in sales tax revenue bonds to finance and refinance construction of various county facilities, and to refund previously issued bonds. Proceeds will ...