A simple first step to buy time for real reform is to cap Cook County property tax growth for parcels experiencing high ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi explains why so many Chicago homeowners' property tax bills went way up this year.

Property taxes and how they are determined are not well understood and, to our minds, the media has not been helping much, ...

A bloc of 29 Illinois state representatives is urging City Council to reject Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal to impose a ...

Illinois is poised to collect less tax revenue from recreational marijuana for the second time in three years, as cannabis ...

Reiter, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, believes there are ways that can be established to raise property taxes ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson embarked on a blitz Thursday to save the corporate head tax proposal in his 2026 budget plan, ...

The City Council’s Finance Committee has already blown a $100 million hole in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed budget by ...

In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop shares highlights from President Donald ...

While state politicians Sen. Doris Turner and Rep. Mike Coffey represent different parties, both were displeased with two of ...

Cook County’s property tax system is way behind schedule again, with second-installment tax bills just mailed Nov. 14 and due ...

Manufacturers say legislators at the Illinois State Capitol have done enough damage and a progressive tax would be too much.