Cook County homeowners have all been granted an extension in paying their first-installment property tax bills for 2026.

Amid rising property tax bills in Chicago, Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi – whose office plays a key role in determining ...

Proposed legislation would make Illinois compliant with a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision stating property owners are ...

County officials said they would be mailing 1.8 million first installment property tax bills for the 2025 tax year by March 2.

Chicago homeowners have suffered in recent years. While property taxes did increase in some Cook County suburbs in 2024, city ...

The Orland High School District 230 board has joined a coalition of other Cook County school boards in approving a resolution demanding its share of delayed distributions of Cook County property tax ...

The head-to-head featured Fritz Kaegi accusing Pat Hynes of being beholden to property tax attorneys and Hynes arguing Kaegi ...

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas held stock for years in a company with a major contract working in her office, a potential ...

Hynes got his start as a commercial appraiser of industrial properties and later became a longtime employee of the Cook County Assessor’s Office. He worked under former assessor ...

The incumbent lays out why he’s a better choice than the Chicago real estate industry’s preferred candidate, challenger ...

On Monday, Kaegi joined Political Editor Tahman Bradley on The Point to discuss his record, his plans for the future, and ...