The Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a decades-old practice of taking every cent of people’s home equity over unpaid ...

The proposed House GOP tax bill raises ‘SALT’ deduction cap to $30,000 for most taxpayers. Here’s who would benefit the most, ...

In a statement, the assessor's office said, "The Cook County Assessor's Office does not determine when tax bills go out. For ...

Few tax matters have as many enemies as the so-called SALT deduction, the ability to deduct from your federal income taxes the taxes you’ve already paid to state and local authorities. On the left, ...

The Chicago Bears have flirted with leaving Chicago and building a stadium in Arlington Heights for more than 50 years.

This is a joint project of Injustice Watch and the Investigative Project on Race and EquityWhen Cook County sheriff’s deputies burst into the Maywood home ...

Illinois is the last state still unlawfully stripping wealth from homeowners in tax foreclosures: “The law lets private investors take people’s homes and equity over unpaid property taxes.

The adjustment does not directly raise or lower property tax bills. Final tax amounts are determined by local taxing bodies based on their budget needs. Illinois law mandates that most properties ...

A tentative 2024 property tax equalization factor of 2.8487 for Cook County was announced on May 12 by the Illinois ...

Monroe County has been issued a final property assessment equalization factor of 1.0561 by the Illinois Department of Revenue ...