The local option, one percent sales tax in Cook County saw a significant increase of 7.5 percent in January 2024, marking a ...

Chicago news outlets this week ran big headlines about a totally unsurprising report about voting patterns that was prepared by the office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas.

Typical property tax bill increased 78% on a Cook County residence since 2007. Median property values only rose 7.3%. That ...

A Cook County treasurer's office analysis shows voter turnout on tax-related referendums is highest in areas that are ...

There's a push to get voters to the polls on April 1st. A new study shows who is and isn't showing up to vote on property tax referendums in Cook County ...

Their history: Now Pritzker is a two-term governor mulling a third term. And Van Dusen is retiring from public service after ...

Some suburban voters are facing key decisions about hiking property taxes in the April 1 election, but if the past is precedent, “the few will decide for the many” again, according to a report from ...

White, wealthier, and homeowning Cook County residents are more likely to vote on ballot questions that raise taxes, a new ...

A new study released Wednesday by the Cook County Treasurer's Office found that wealthier, white voters are deciding the outcome of property tax referendums. The big picture: "Voter Turnout, Race, ...

Eight ballot measures will likely be decided by voters who live in wealthy communities where the majority of residents are ...

In a first-of-its-kind analysis, the Cook County Treasurer's Office found much higher property tax referendum turnout in wealthier, predominantly white communities where nearly all people own their ...

Mount Prospect village board candidate Jack Brogan owes more than $32,000 in overdue property taxes for four residential parcels he plans to develop along Golf Road. Brogan, who is running as a ...