A new report on property taxes in Cook County shows that they have skyrocketed over the past 30 years. And anyone who has seen their latest tax bill can attest to the strain on the checkbook. In an ...

Property taxes in Cook County have risen at nearly twice the rate of inflation over the past three decades, according to a new study. Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas's office released the study as ...

A new report from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas shows property taxes collected by county taxing bodies over the past 30 years grew at twice the rate of inflation. In 1995, Cook County local ...

Property taxes imposed by government bodies within Cook County’s borders have grown at twice the rate of inflation over the past three decades, outpacing wage growth and driving an affordability ...

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Cook County taxing bodies that have waited months to get their cut of property tax revenues will receive a partial payment in the coming days, Treasurer Maria Pappas announced late Friday. Schools, ...

Cook County’s system of property tax incentives for businesses is approaching expiration in two years and a new analysis points to needed reforms. Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle ...

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Plans are underway to sunset Cook County’s contentious property tax sale system in the coming years. Last week, state Sen. Celina Villanueva, D-Chicago, filed a bill to bring Illinois into compliance ...

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