CHICAGO -- ABC News, ABC-Owned Television Stations and the ABC7 Chicago I-Team are finding that too many Black and Latino homeowners are being "highballed." They are more likely to pay higher property ...

Tax bills for Cook County property owners are likely to be delayed after a data snafu at the Cook County assessor’s office held up a key step in the property tax process, setting off another round of ...

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 ...

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, ...

Cook County is on the hook for tens of millions of dollars to homeowners who lost their homes and equity as a result of the annual county tax sale, a judge has ruled.

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is, once again, facing scrutiny over property taxes. In a year when homeowners in some parts of the county are seeing skyrocketing assessments, now comes word tax ...