CHICAGO - From the city to the suburbs, property owners in Cook County have been frustrated with rising real estate taxes, especially as the next round of payments are due on Wednesday, April 1. The ...

Cook County property tax bills will be late again this year, the treasurer’s office bluntly affirmed this week, as various offices continue to try to catch up from last year’s troubles and address ...

Thousands of Cook County property owners are still waiting for bills they should have received last year, and tens of thousands are waiting for tax refunds.

While it may seem like a low bar, Cook County’s ability to get out its tax bills on time was an accomplishment few would have expected. Thanks to numerous computer problems, the county took months to ...

While property taxes became a focus across the country in 2025, the biggest story by far was the disaster in Cook County. Starting with computer issues, things cascaded into multiple massive errors ...