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

One proposed constitutional amendment imposing a 3% tax on millionaires would yield $1,500 checks to property owners. Another ...

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Since I came into this office in 1998, there’s been one constant, the inexorable rise of property tax bills.  To better understand why, my office conducted a 30-year analysis of property tax data. The ...

Lawmakers returning to Springfield this month have no shortage of pressing issues. Yet one item is set to rush to the front of the line: a deal to keep a new Chicago Bears stadium in Illinois. That ...

Since 2016, general fund payments to the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois have grown 68%, outpacing the ...

While communities elsewhere have been shielded from the costs of ICE facilities, the western suburb was stuck with bills for ...

The head of multifamily firm Levav Properties’portfolio of Chicago apartments is fighting Roc Capital’s foreclosure.

Chicago rents are surging as housing construction lags. Learn what’s driving the shortage—permits, taxes, financing—and what ...

Police fatally shot a man with a machete at NYC's Grand Central after three people were slashed on subway platforms, ...

These are the 10 worst states in America for property taxes, where homeowners pay the highest annual bills, face rising rates ...