By: Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer. When I became Cook County Treasurer in 1998, I walked into an office stuck in the ...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s office has published the first of what is expected to be several reports ...

The Cook County Board of Review is currently accepting property assessment appeals from taxpayers for the 2025 Tax Year. Appealing to the Board of Review is a free service that can potentially lead to ...

The imprisoned leader of a notorious polygamist sect fraudulently transferred $834,000 to his brother in an effort to hide ...

The Cook County ethics board found that Commissioner Sam Steele improperly shared appraisal information about the Chicago ...

NBC 5 Responds helps a couple navigate the Cook County property tax appeal system when a mistake in an assessment makes their tax bill rise more than 600%.

On Monday, the Cook County Treasurer’s office released a 32-page report calling the property tax appeal system “broken.” ...

Cook County’s property tax appeal process shifted $1.91 billion in taxes from businesses onto homeowners over the last three years, exacerbating inequities in the city and suburbs, a new report ...

Nearly $2 billion in property taxes shifted onto homeowners from businesses over just three years, with a disproportionate share of the added burden falling on lower-income Black and Latino ...

Here's how to appeal your property tax assessment This year, Chicago is undergoing reassessment, and notices to four city townships reflect assessed values that have gone up 27% to 38%.