Cook County tax official Samantha Steele cleared of drunken driving charge

Steele, an outgoing Board of Review commissioner, repeatedly told officers she was an elected official after she caused a ...

Cook County tax commissioner Samantha Steele not guilty in DUI trial

A judge declared Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele not guilty of driving under the influence late ...
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Cook County homeowners get smarter on property taxes

Cook County is offering more tools, data, and transparency to help property owners understand and verify their property assessments. From open data releases to detailed methodology worksheets, ...
CBS News

Cook County senior's property tax refund is held up, and he's far from alone

A Cook County senior is upset because his property tax refund is delayed, and it turns out what he thought was a small problem is actually a big mess affecting 25,000 taxpayers. A few years ago, Tom ...
The Bond Buyer

Cook County's late property tax bills impact local governments and schools

<img src="https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/25396626/thumbnail" width="100%" alt="chart visualization" /> Two ...
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Cook County homeowners, here’s your property tax gameplan

Cook County will mail 1.8 million second installment property tax bills for Tax Year 2024 on November 14, with payment due by December 15. The county also offers tools like the Housing Market Tracker ...
WTVD

'Highballed': Communities of color over-taxed in Chicago area; what's being done to fix the problem

CHICAGO -- ABC News, ABC-Owned Television Stations and the ABC7 Chicago I-Team are finding that too many Black and Latino homeowners are being "highballed." They are more likely to pay higher property ...

Brandon Johnson’s budget director pays up after getting years of illegal property tax breaks

After a Sun-Times Watchdogs investigation revealed that Annette Guzman took the tax breaks for five years, Cook County ...