Here’s what we learned from top Cook County candidates’ tax returns and ethics filings

The Tribune requested the past four years of tax returns from the Democratic candidates for Cook County Board president and ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Cook County Assessor misclassifies hundreds of properties

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Hundreds of properties throughout Cook County are being misclassified or undervalued, resulting in a significant loss in tax dollars. That's according to an investigation by ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Palatine family owed $300K refund after Kaegi admits to Cook County property tax assessment error

Illinois (WLS) -- After receiving a sky-high and incorrect property tax assessment, a suburban family said they were nearly bankrupted by paying their taxes, lost their third-generation business and ...
The Real Deal

Q&A: Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi talks property tax reforms, improving investor confidence

Real estate investors are downright scared of Chicago property taxes. Almost everyone agrees Cook County’s real estate tax system is in need of major reforms, and at least some believe Assessor Fritz ...
Chicago Tribune

Letters: Lives have been upended by the Cook County assessor’s office

Regarding Sunday’s article on the Cook County assessor’s office (“Misclassifications, missed millions”): I am amazed at the complete incompetence of Assessor Fritz Kaegi and his staff. How can he ...
WBEZ

Here's how to appeal your property tax assessment

Properties in Chicago are being reassessed this year, and homeowners who have already received their reassessment notice may be surprised. La Voz Sidebar Lee este artículo en español en La Voz Chicago ...
The Real Deal

Cook County Assessor official avoids prison after helping feds

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 ...
Crain's Chicago Business

Kaegi calls for property tax bailout for low-income homeowners

Illinois taxpayers would help pay property tax bills for low-income Chicago-area residents to help soften the blow of tax bill spikes under a proposal in the works from Cook County Assessor Fritz ...