The Cook County Board of Commissioners on Thursday approved eligibility rules for the Cook County Homeowner Relief Fund — a ...

Cook County could soon launch a program to pay residents cash to help pay their property tax bills. The program would give $1,000 to residents struggling to pay rapidly-increasing taxes. The Cook ...

Just in time for this summer’s property tax bills, the Cook County Board has finalized plans for a one-time relief program for a small slice of taxpayers. The program will dole out $13.6 million ...

Rep. Thaddeus Jones and Sen. Napoleon Harris back different legislation to address skyrocketing property taxes in the south ...

Cook County is considering offering one-time payments of $1,000 to residents who have had the biggest hikes in their property tax bills. The county has budgeted $15 million for the program this ...

Commissioners in the second-most populous US county have green-lit large payments to residents who are struggling to make ...

where the commercial property tax base has dwindled. Separately, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office found that in 2023, in suburbs south of North Avenue, the median tax bill climbed ...

O'Connor discusses the high amount of property tax protests in Cook County fighting ... quagmire in Cook County is pushing more taxpayers than ever to protest their tax bills, with roughly 273,907 ...

Party Chair and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle ... program to help people pay for large spikes in their property tax bills. Steele faced some more critical, though veiled ...

To the surprise of no one, Cook County property taxes went up again. Residential property tax bills surged 78% on a typical home between 2007 and 2024, while property values inched up just 7.3%.