The Tribune requested the past four years of tax returns from the Democratic candidates for Cook County Board president and ...

To inform voters and to help the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board make endorsements, the board posed a series of questions to the candidates running for Cook County assessor. See how other the other ...

Real estate investors are downright scared of Chicago property taxes. Almost everyone agrees Cook County’s real estate tax system is in need of major reforms, and at least some believe Assessor Fritz ...

BELLWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- Home and business owners alike are frustrated as the latest Cook County property tax bills arrive. Property tax rates may have risen due to municipalities demanding more money ...

Q: Why are you running for this office, whether for reelection or election for the first time? Is there a particular issue that motivates you? If so, what? A: I have been Cook County Assessor since ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Instead of going down, the Cook County Assessor says most Chicago homeowners will see their property taxes go up when they get their next bill. But he says it's not his fault. As CBS ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The job of the Cook County assessor is to establish a fair and accurate assessment on close to 1.8 million parcels across the county. That assessment plays a role in determining how ...

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Wrong assumptions about the way the pandemic would hit workers and home prices led to some tax breaks for wealthy neighborhoods such as Logan Square, and increases in less affluent ones, including ...

Federal prosecutors in Chicago charged an official of the Cook County assessor's office Wednesday with "corruptly" accepting home improvements, jewelry, sports tickets and other items over a ...

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board President Kari Steele announced her campaign against incumbent Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi on Monday, pitching herself as a grassroots candidate who ...