COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Hundreds of properties throughout Cook County are being misclassified or undervalued, resulting in a significant loss in tax dollars. That's according to an investigation by ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi owns a million-dollar, 120-year-old Prairie-style, two-story home on a spacious corner lot on the eastern side of Oak Park’s Frank Lloyd Wright Historic District.

As Chicago-area homeowners face steep hikes and months-long delays in property tax bills, Cook County Assessor spokesperson Angelina Romero joins ChicagoLIVE to explain what went wrong, why the ...

Real estate investors are downright scared of Chicago property taxes. Almost everyone agrees Cook County’s real estate tax system is in need of major reforms, and at least some believe Assessor Fritz ...

Regarding Sunday’s article on the Cook County assessor’s office (“Misclassifications, missed millions”): I am amazed at the complete incompetence of Assessor Fritz Kaegi and his staff. How can he ...

According to a recent study by the county treasurer, taxes went up by a median of more than 16% citywide. Dal Santo's ...

A former employee of Cook County Assessor’s Office has pleaded guilty to helping businesses lower their property taxes in exchange for free golf outings. Basilio Clausen, who worked as a field ...

The Cook County Assessor's Office has corrected the issues for current and future tax years, but these homeowners say they have been waiting on answers or, in many cases, waiting on the certification ...

Toni Preckwinkle is tired of the bickering over how Cook County values commercial properties for tax purposes. She's hoping a new set of recommendations will fix the problem. The Cook County Board ...

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