The Chicago Board of Education voted to slightly increase its property tax levy, to yield up to an additional $25 million for ...

Cook County approved a 2026 property tax levy of $13,780,089 on December 16, marking a 7.57% increase over the previous year.

Treasurer Maria Pappas' office took "emergency steps" to send some of the more than $8 billion in property tax funds due to ...

The Cook County Treasurer's Office is providing $2.3B in emergency funds to local governments after long-delayed property tax ...

According to a recent study by the county treasurer, taxes went up by a median of more than 16% citywide. Dal Santo's ...

After months of delay, Cook County property tax bills will be sent out next week, officials said. The delay was caused by technology problems that have frustrated the county government. Property taxes ...

A federal judge ruled Cook County is illegally settling minor property tax debts by seizing the full value of properties.

Five school board members voted against the increase, arguing many homeowners cannot afford higher taxes and that Chicago ...

A small public library district in the southern suburbs of Chicago has missed a payment to bond investors despite its high credit rating, in the latest hiccup attributed to delayed local property-tax ...

Enough with the finger pointing and lack of true accountability on Cook County’s off-the-rails technology overhaul.

Cook County’s system of property tax incentives for businesses is approaching expiration in two years and a new analysis points to needed reforms. Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle ...

A federal judge ruled that Cook County’s system for handling unpaid property taxes violates the Constitution, delivering a major victory for homeowners who lost their properties and accumulated equity ...