Caren Gertner, President & Managing Partner at the Law Office of Gertner & Gertner, joins Jon Hansen on Let’s Get Legal.

Patricia Martin, former presiding judge of the juvenile court's child protection division, bilked a decorated WWII vet out of ...

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas column explores options to help pay property taxes by Dec. 15 If you can’t pay your taxes by the December 15 due date, ...

Citing this year’s record property tax hikes, the Cook County Board of Review is giving taxpayers another brief shot at knocking down their bills for next year. Every Cook County township will reopen ...

The Cook County Board of Review is reopening tax appeals for 24 townships until Dec. 12, but it only applies to future bills.

Days after new Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach ordered an urgent review of the county's electronic monitoring program, ...

Chicago residents face steep property tax increases, with some bills nearly doubling, causing financial strain and prompting appeals for relief.

Many Chicago homeowners have been suffering from sticker shock, as property tax bills on the South and West sides have ...

Within days, the metastasizing debate over who was responsible for the rising tax burden collided with deepening ideological rifts in Chicago and Cook County.

Due to Cook County’s zero-sum property tax system, a controversial valuation process hammers neighborhoods with little ...

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Some homeowners are searching for answers as they grapple with hefty — and late — property tax bills. A new report from the Cook County Treasurer’s Office said declining values for downtown commercial ...