A federal judge ruled that Cook County’s system for handling unpaid property taxes violates the Constitution, delivering a major victory for homeowners who lost their properties and accumulated equity ...

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LYONS TOWNSHIP, Ill. (WLS) -- It is money homeowners are owed but never received. The I-Team investigated complaints about delayed property tax refunds and disputes ...

Cook County’s system to give property tax breaks to businesses is set to expire in two years, and Board President Toni Preckwinkle is looking to revamp the program that has already shifted billions of ...

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Many Chicago homeowners have been suffering from sticker shock, as property tax bills on the South and West sides have skyrocketed. Long lines formed outside the Cook County Assessor's Office on ...

Billions of dollars in Cook County property taxes that should have been paid by now instead won’t even be billed until the autumn — and probably won’t have to be paid until around Halloween, or even ...

What happens when property tax revenue doesn’t come in on time due to computer glitches, but local governmental entities still need to make payroll and keep the lights on? In the case of Chicago ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Monday night's workshop was one of three being put on by the Cook County Assessor's Office this week in some of the neighborhoods hardest hit by property tax increases. But even with ...