Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ report calls on Democratic leaders that run state government to enact significant reforms ...

Treasurer Maria Pappas released the study just days before property taxes are due in Cook County and says it's a "call to ...

Roughly 20,000 approved certificate-of-error refunds, worth more than $46 million in total, are currently stuck at the Cook ...

Districts could limit increases if Illinois schools were adequately funded. And don't forget about all those skipped teacher ...

The next portion of Cook County property taxes are due on Wednesday. Here's a primer on why we even have property taxes.

A new report on property taxes in Cook County shows that they have skyrocketed over the past 30 years. And anyone who has ...

Cook County property taxes have risen at twice the rate of inflation over the past 30 years, per a new study from county ...

County leaders blame a private company's computer system upgrade. Those computer problems were fixed to send your property tax bills, but not your refunds.

A group of hopeful Cook County property owners eager to get breaks on their tax bills are likely to end up disappointed.

The primary driver of the tax burden is school districts, which accounted for nearly 55 percent of all property taxes in 2024 ...

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas has a deft and politically useful way of making the complex easy to understand.

By freezing property values in a specific area, TIF districts artificially manipulate who pays the levy, leading to effective ...