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

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This story is a collaboration between the Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune. Nearly half a billion dollars in taxable real estate value has ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s latest valuation of Chicago’s urban core places more of the county’s tax burden on commercial property owners than homeowners. A summary of his latest assessment of ...

A former top official in the Cook County Assessor’s Office was sentenced to two years of probation on Tuesday after admitting to taking bribes and, later, helping the feds investigate corruption ...

Illinois’ current property tax assessment system dates back to the year Apollo 13 launched and the Beatles broke up. Cook County officials say it's finally time for the 55-year-old framework to get an ...

Toni Preckwinkle is tired of the bickering over how Cook County values commercial properties for tax purposes. She's hoping a new set of recommendations will fix the problem. The Cook County Board ...

In another proof that history has an ironic streak, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is setting out to do what's needed doing for decades: fixing what's broken in Cook County's property ...

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ORLAND TOWNSHIP — After a months-long delay, this year’s second installment tax bills are finally set to be issued, Orland Township Assessor Rich E. Kelly's office announced Monday. Bills will be ...

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