The state has not yet updated its law, exposing counties to potential liability, and two legislative fixes have been introduced to address the issue.

The Flossmoor Village Board approved an amended escrow agreement Monday March 11 that will allow a private developer to acquire several tax-delinquent parcels the the Flossmoor Office Center as part ...

Legislative reforms to Cook County’s property tax system almost uniformly stalled this legislative session, halting efforts to give tax breaks to more seniors and those walloped with big bills, and to ...

Cook County's delinquent tax sales, which have been on shaky ground since the U.S. Supreme Court deemed the system unconstitutional three years ago, are now being challenged by a class of former ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cook County officials seeking property tax relief for low-income seniors scraped by in the Illinois General Assembly, winning ...

A year after the bills were sent out, Harvey’s 2023 property tax collection rates are the third lowest in Cook County, a study of collections by the Cook County treasurer’s office has found. The study ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Cook County is quickly running out of time to hit the ...

A Chicago woman's Morgan Park home was sold for delinquent taxes because of a clerical error. Now taxpayers are on the hook for thousands to fix her peculiar ...