Candidate filing is still a month away, but election season has already begun. From local elections to state-wide races, ...

Happening soon: Spades/Bid Whist on the Chicago Heights Patch calendar ...

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 ...

City Council is set to discuss the “Property Tax Circuit Breaker Pilot Program,” which aims to provide tax relief for eligible long-term homeowners, at its Monday meeting. The one-year pilot program, ...

For homeowners on a fixed income, a surprise four figure bill can feel impossible to handle.

Robert Castle says his property tax bill in Cook County skyrocketed overnight. Here’s why it happened, how assessments change ...

O’Connor discusses the implications of the court’s ruling on Cook County’s tax sales CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, April ...

A new study from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute explores how a 3% surtax on Illinois residents earning $1 million or more per year could impact the state.

Responding to a report from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas titled “How State Laws Failed to Stop Decades of Skyrocketing Property Taxes,” Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday laid blame at the feet of local ...

Roughly 20,000 approved certificate-of-error refunds, worth more than $46 million in total, are currently stuck at the Cook ...

Districts could limit increases if Illinois schools were adequately funded. And don't forget about all those skipped teacher ...