COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Hundreds of properties throughout Cook County are being misclassified or undervalued, resulting in a significant loss in tax dollars. That's according to an investigation by ...

Illinois lawmakers are clashing over a Cook County property tax relief plan that restricts the types of evidence the Cook ...

One local woman is still owed more than $9, 000, but her hold up started years before the computer upgrade mess.

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi took to the City Club of Chicago stage Thursday to quell worries about a “doom loop” and rising tax bills, telling the crowd concerns of a downtown downward spiral in ...

Regarding Sunday’s article on the Cook County assessor’s office (“Misclassifications, missed millions”): I am amazed at the complete incompetence of Assessor Fritz Kaegi and his staff. How can he ...

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UNINCORP. ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- Property taxes are due on Tuesday in Cook County. Navy Veteran James Duhr, of unincorporated Elgin, says his property taxes on a vacant parcel of land he owns near his ...

A former top official in the Cook County Assessor’s Office was sentenced to two years of probation on Tuesday after admitting to taking bribes and, later, helping the feds investigate corruption ...

Cook County Democrats punted Thursday on endorsing anyone for Cook County assessor, putting two-term incumbent Fritz Kaegi at risk of an open primary fight as he vies for a third term. The lack of an ...

Cook County Tax Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s 42 percent valuation hikes in New Trier Township were supported by high-dollar sales.

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