Featured on WGN Radio’s “Home Sweet Home Chicago” on Nov. 22, 2025: Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas joins the show to ...

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

The Cook County Board of Commissioners voted 17-0 to approve a $10.12 billion FY2026 budget after a month of hearings and amendments, according to Cook County. County officials say the package cleared ...

In The Loop” host Sasha-Ann Simons will press Johnson on the city's concerns in WBEZ's monthly call-in hour, from Operation ...

The Cook County Board of Review typically gives taxpayers in townships a 30-day filing window for appeals. But "unprecedented ...

The budget is heavily geared toward funding health care and public safety, along with projects for building modular homes and ...

Just 43 days after Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle introduced the spending plan that closed a $102.6 million gap ...

Like the last several years, the 2026 budget does not include any layoffs or new taxes, fines or fees. The county has not ...

Rickey Hendon urges freeze on property taxes and new regulations to address unjustified hikes Former Senate leader Hendon ...

Chicago is confronting a rare collision of trends: record property tax hikes for homeowners at the same time that downtown ...

A dramatic decline in the value of commercial property in Chicago’s Loop, the city’s longtime economic engine, fueled a ...