New data show homeowners in Cook County are struggling to pay their property tax bills, after those bills jumped by record amounts in some cases.

Cook County homeowners have all been granted an extension in paying their first-installment property tax bills for 2026.

Delayed distributions of Cook County property tax revenues cost Orland High School District 230 $1.3 million, officials say.

New data show homeowners in Cook County are struggling to pay their property tax bills, after those bills jumped by record amounts in some cases.

County officials said they would be mailing 1.8 million first installment property tax bills for the 2025 tax year by March 2.

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Hynes got his start as a commercial appraiser of industrial properties and later became a longtime employee of the Cook County Assessor’s Office. He worked under former assessor ...