A Cook County jury on Friday decided that Abbott Laboratories should pay $17 million in punitive damages – on top of the $53 ...

Robert Castle says his property tax bill in Cook County skyrocketed overnight. Here’s why it happened, how assessments change ...

O’Connor discusses the implications of the court’s ruling on Cook County’s tax sales CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, April ...

Roughly 20,000 approved certificate-of-error refunds, worth more than $46 million in total, are currently stuck at the Cook ...

About 1,700 certificates of error — a one-page request to correct assessment mistakes — were turned in to Cook County ...

A Morgan Park family is still in shock after a staggering 300% spike in their latest property tax bill, and the man poised to ...

O'Connor presents a step-by-step guide to Illinois property tax appeals. CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, April 1, 2026 ...

Cook County homeowners sent a clear message Tuesday: Rising property taxes have political consequences. Lyons Township Assessor Pat Hynes unseated incumbent Fritz Kaegi by running strongest in the ...

The frustration Cook County homeowners feel about rising property taxes came out loud and clear in Tuesday’s race for county assessor — losing incumbent Fritz Kaegi performed the poorest in areas ...

Cook County Assessor-elect Pat Hynes joins David Hochberg to talk about his primary victory over Fritz Kaegi and what comes next for Cook County taxpayers. Hynes lays out his plans to clean up ...

Hynes has more than 30 years of experience in property assessments, including two decades of work at the Cook County Assessor's office. He is running his campaign on three central issues: providing ...