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Under a bill that cleared committee in Springfield, annual tax sales — the government’s way of dealing with delinquent ...

CHICAGO - From the city to the suburbs, property owners in Cook County have been frustrated with rising real estate taxes, especially as the next round of payments are due on Wednesday, April 1. The ...

Cook County is on the hook for tens of millions of dollars to homeowners who lost their homes and equity as a result of the annual county tax sale, a judge has ruled.

While property taxes became a focus across the country in 2025, the biggest story by far was the disaster in Cook County. Starting with computer issues, things cascaded into multiple massive errors ...