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 ...

Longtime homeowners would be exempt from paying property taxes when they reach that benchmark under a bill introduced in Springfield last month.

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

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 ...

But collectively residential property owners are having to pay a bigger portion of the total amount of property taxes collected in Chicago. Areas like the Near West Side, Logan Square and ...

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.

Each Chicago taxpayer is on the hook for $40,600 in city debt today, the second most among major U.S. cities. Add in the debt ...

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

“Chicago has to keep up with inflation ... The council nixed Johnson’s plan to hike taxes on wholesale liquor by 35% to raise ...

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