Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas is joining the 2027 race for mayor of Chicago, but she doesn’t want to talk about it until ...

website for the office Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced her plans to run for Chicago mayor in 2027. In a ...

New legislation raises the income eligibility threshold for the Low-Income Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze from $65,000 to ...

Illinois raised the senior freeze cap to $75K and bumped exemptions — here’s how Chicago seniors can check and claim those ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The roughly 17,000 people in Cook County who've bought ...

Cook County property tax owners will soon get a bill for their months-delayed second installment tax bills. The 1.8 million property tax bills were expected to be mailed Friday with a due date of Dec.

Unless you have most of your nest egg stashed away in Roth accounts, Uncle Sam is generally going to take his cut when you ...

Just 43 days after Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle introduced the spending plan that closed a $102.6 million gap ...

CHICAGO - Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas says she’s running for mayor of Chicago. During an appearance Monday on ...

Like the last several years, the 2026 budget does not include any layoffs or new taxes, fines or fees. The county has not ...

Residential property tax bills are rising fastest in Black neighborhoods on the South and West sides as the county's tax ...

Some homeowners are searching for answers as they grapple with hefty property tax bills. A new report from the Cook County Treasurer’s Office said declining values for downtown commercial properties ...