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 ...

Real estate investors are downright scared of Chicago property taxes. Almost everyone agrees Cook County’s real estate tax system is in need of major reforms, and at least some believe Assessor Fritz ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Cook County Assessor said the county’s commercial businesses saw millions of dollars cut from their property tax bills this year, and the burden was shifted onto homeowners. Camilla’s Kids Just ...

Properties in Chicago are being reassessed this year, and homeowners who have already received their reassessment notice may be surprised. La Voz Sidebar Lee este artículo en español en La Voz Chicago ...

Illinois taxpayers would help pay property tax bills for low-income Chicago-area residents to help soften the blow of tax bill spikes under a proposal in the works from Cook County Assessor Fritz ...

The Cook County Assessor's Office is addressing hundreds of homeowners on the south and west sides still being in sticker shock over record property tax increases. Assessor Fritz Kaegi at a press ...

In another proof that history has an ironic streak, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is setting out to do what's needed doing for decades: fixing what's broken in Cook County's property ...