After expensive and bruising campaigns, Cook County voters fanned out to choose their Democratic nominee for County Board president and assessor Tuesday. Early returns show incumbents Toni Preckwinkle ...

Many Chicago homeowners have been suffering from sticker shock, as property tax bills on the South and West sides have skyrocketed. Long lines formed outside the Cook County Assessor's Office on ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Tax lawyer donations, skyrocketing property taxes, incompetence and corruption are themes used by Fritz Kaegi and his opponent Pat Hynes as they attack each other in the ...

Races for Cook County Board president and assessor as well as a few county board races in Lake County are among the local races to watch in Tuesday’s primary elections. The hotly contested Democratic ...

The Cook County property tax system’s transition from a 50-year-old information technology system has had its share of missteps and delays due to its vendor, Tyler Technologies. But in any transition ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Who is to blame for Chicago homeowners' skyrocketing property tax bills? Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi says the Cook County Board of Review is, for giving big tax cuts to places ...

Pat Hynes, Lyons Township assessor and candidate for Cook County assessor, joins Jon Hansen, filling in for Lisa Dent, to discuss the role that assessor have in local government and his campaign for ...

Democratic candidates for Cook County assessor faced off in their first televised debate Wednesday evening, trading barbs about “garbage data,” “wild swings” in property values and “pay to play” ...