Although she claims homeowner and senior exemptions, McCaskill does not reside in the home, which is a vagrant. The Cook County Assessor’s Office has referred the matter to its erroneous exemption ...

While the 5th district's Kisha McCaskill claims tax exemptions that reduce her bill on a Dixmoor home, it's become an eyesore ...

Races for Cook County Board president and assessor as well as a few county board races in Lake County are among the local races to watch in Tuesday’s primary elections. Cook County Board ...

The 17-member Cook County Board is guaranteed at least four new faces next year thanks to two retirements and two ambitious ...

The three men have been charged and denied pre-trial release, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office.

The investigation alleges Cook County tax buyer Greg Bingham exploited loopholes and possibly committed fraud in the foreclosure system.

CHICAGO (WGN) – A Cook County woman has been found guilty of stealing more than $100,000 from her late mother’s Chicago Teachers Pension Fund. Attorney General Kwame Raoul said 55-year-old Atara Young ...

With the primary approaching, here’s what voters need to know about what the Cook County Board president and the Board’s 17 commissioners do, and the stakes of their power.

Let’s focus on the taxes part of the great American statesman’s uncomfortable reminder: The due date for Cook County property owners to pay their First Installment 2025 tax bills is April 1. And there ...

As the expression goes, it's hard to put a price tag on how important Alli Linke was to the Prospect girls basketball program. She was money for the Knights the last four years in so many ways.

Donald Cook never imagined after voters elected him in November 2023 to the Kent School Board that his role would lead to threatening emails from a law firm representing Kent School District ...

It was “improper” for the department led by Corporation Counsel Mary Richardson-Lowry to refuse to provide those records to ...