Commissioners are worried what to tell Cook County homeowners about bill timing or long-delayed refunds and local libraries ...

Those certificates were submitted by the county’s Board of Review, and represent the highest number the body has submitted since the 2021 tax year. The Board typically hears appeals to Kaegi’s ...

CHICAGO - From the city to the suburbs, property owners in Cook County have been frustrated with rising real estate taxes, especially as the next round of payments are due on Wednesday, April 1. The ...

The frustration Cook County homeowners feel about rising property taxes came out loud and clear in Tuesday’s race for county assessor — losing incumbent Fritz Kaegi performed the poorest in areas ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi announced the deadline for homeowners to apply for property tax exemptions is Friday, May ...

On May 6, the Cook County Assessor’s Office mailed reassessment notices to all Oak Park property owners, which reflect the assessor’s estimate of the value of all Oak Park properties as of Jan. 1, ...

Cook County is offering more tools, data, and transparency to help property owners understand and verify their property assessments. From open data releases to detailed methodology worksheets, ...

This story is a collaboration between the Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune. Property tax bills arrived months late for hundreds of thousands of Cook County homeowners last year, ...