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 ...

The 30 North La Salle skyscraper, which sits kitty-corner from City Hall and the Cook County Building, is nearly 60% vacant after several tenants moved out. The building went into foreclosure and ...

Boutros, 47, now the co-chair of the government investigations and white collar group at Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP in Chicago, was among those vetted for the White House by U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood, a ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson and aldermen got their 2025 city budget passed just under the wire — and just in time for Chicagoans to ...

A study just came out that takes a closer look at who's showing up to vote on property tax referendums in Cook County and who isn't.

After the celebration of a narrowly approved Chicago budget deal Monday, the hangover from what it will cost quickly followed a day later. Ald. Brian Hopkins, who opposed the $17 billion deal ...

When you invest in real estate, property taxes have better become an essential part of determining how much profit you can expect. Suppose you’re even thinking about investing in a Lakeview property ...

The Chicago Bears got a preliminary split decision on their property tax appeal for the former Arlington International Racecourse Wednesday when the Cook County Board of Review proposed cutting ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Illinois homeowners who have paid their property taxes ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is pushing the federal government to release property appraisal data to the country’s largest assessors to help improve the accuracy of property tax assessments ...

Illinois towns are likely to embrace data center developments in exchange for property tax revenue and a few hundred jobs.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit five years ago, property values have fallen downtown, and that’s shifted a greater portion of Chicago’s tax burden away from the heart of the Loop and onto ...