CHICAGO (WLS) -- The second installment of Cook County property tax bills were due August 1. That includes the city of Chicago, where property owners got their first taste of a record increase the ...

Chicago-area shoppers opened their wallets wide in the first half of 2025, rushing into stores and onto shopping apps to lock in prices before potential tariff hikes hit. The buying spree stretched ...

Residents and community leaders on Chicago's South and West Sides are outraged over Cook County property tax increases, demanding immediate relief after they say they've been unfairly hit with the ...

More than 300 Chicago residents attended an emergency town hall meeting held by faith leaders Monday night on Chicago's West Side, in which residents who say they've been hit hard by property tax ...

Chicago is confronting a rare collision of trends: record property tax hikes for homeowners at the same time that downtown office towers are losing value. The result is a dramatic reshuffling of who ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Chicago Chief Financial Officer Jill Jaworski said the ...