Within days, the metastasizing debate over who was responsible for the rising tax burden collided with deepening ideological rifts in Chicago and Cook County.

Due to Cook County’s zero-sum property tax system, a controversial valuation process hammers neighborhoods with little ...

The Cook County Board of Review, the office tasked with settling appeals, announced that everyone who lives in a Cook County township that’s already closed its 2025 property tax appeal window will ...

Featured on WGN Radio’s “Home Sweet Home Chicago” on Nov. 22, 2025: Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas joins the show to ...

Residential property tax bills are rising fastest in Black neighborhoods on the South and West sides as the county's tax burden shifts away from the economically depressed Loop.

Beginning Monday, homeowners in Cook County can apply for a chunk of $15 million as part of a property tax relief program. Under the direction of the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC7's Our Homes Matter Phone Bank connected Cook County homeowners with unclaimed money, just in time for the holiday season. At last count, Wednesday's phone bank had received over ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Treasurer said homeowners in the county may be owed money, and a simple check-in online is all they need to do. Maria Pappas said during this hard time, there are ...

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 ...

Illinois’ current property tax assessment system dates back to the year Apollo 13 launched and the Beatles broke up. Cook County officials say it's finally time for the 55-year-old framework to get an ...

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