Cook County argued it could not be held liable because it lacked notice that its tax sale system was unconstitutional before the Tyler decision. The court rejected Cook County's argument that the ...

The second installment of Cook County Property tax bills will finally be going out to homeowners. Cook County property tax bills for 2024 are set to be released by next Friday, Nov. 14. Payments are ...

CHICAGO, Dec. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Second-Installment Cook County property taxes are due Dec. 15, for nearly 1.8 million Cook County properties. That means property owners have less than two weeks ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As she campaigns for a fifth term as Cook County Board president, Toni Preckwinkle is saying the unit of government she directly ...

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A new report from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office found property taxes have gone up again. County residents are expected to pay $593.4 million in new taxes, 5.3% more than they paid in the ...

This is a particularly bad year in Chicago for second-installment property tax bills to arrive late. One year after Cook County property tax officials congratulated themselves for getting the second ...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s office awarded stopgap loans to 32 villages, library and school districts worth $191 million, an effort to dull the impact of this fall’s property tax ...

Karin Schluecker Korth says her house is too big for her, but she doesn’t want to leave. It holds the memory of her late husband Bruce, who died in 2015; his spirit is in the house, she says. Her ...

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