A north suburban woman is finally cashing in on thousands of dollars in property tax refunds, after months of promises from Cook County. The major holdups were due to upgrades to the county's computer ...

After a year of finger pointing between a private company and Cook County, property owners are finally getting property tax refunds.

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.

In the waning days of Springfield’s spring session, Cook County leaders appear to have ended a years-long stalemate, ...

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

Since 2020, nearly 2,500 homeowners not only lost their properties but also the equity they had in those homes after their delinquent property taxes were sold. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled those sales ...

Cook County is saddled with a “broken system” of property tax appeals that gives breaks to business owners and wealthy white homeowners — while shifting nearly $2 billion of tax burden to the lowest ...

A Cook County senior is upset because his property tax refund is delayed, and it turns out what he thought was a small problem is actually a big mess affecting 25,000 taxpayers. A few years ago, Tom ...

A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects ...

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The next installments of Cook County property tax bills are due on Wednesday. Fox Chicago wanted to provide a fairly basic explainer of why paying property taxes is even a thing. Property taxes are an ...