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 ...

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 ...

Many Chicago homeowners have been suffering from sticker shock, as property tax bills on the South and West sides have skyrocketed. Long lines formed outside the Cook County Assessor's Office on ...

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 ...

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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 (WLS) -- The Cook County Assessor's Office is hosting its first Neighborhood Housing Forum Tuesday morning. It'll feature panel talks on housing topics like affordable housing, new home ...

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele was arrested for driving while intoxicated last fall. The case is still pending, but Steele hopes to distance herself from the incident and ...