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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Treasurer Maria Pappas promised Tuesday that homeowners and other property owners will receive tax bills on time this spring, and that property tax ...

Some commercial properties dodged penalties, as Illinois stalls on a fix to its unconstitutional tax auction system.

New data show homeowners in Cook County are struggling to pay their property tax bills, after those bills jumped by record amounts in some cases. According to a new analysis from the Cook County ...

While property taxes became a focus across the country in 2025, the biggest story by far was the disaster in Cook County. Starting with computer issues, things cascaded into multiple massive errors ...