In the waning days of Springfield’s spring session, Cook County leaders appear to have ended a years-long stalemate, ...

Since 2020, nearly 2,500 homeowners not only lost their properties but also the equity they had in those homes after their delinquent property taxes were sold. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled those sales ...

Cook County is on the hook for tens of millions of dollars to homeowners who lost their homes and equity as a result of the annual county tax sale, a judge has ruled.

A federal judge ruled Monday that Cook County is liable to pay back potentially millions of dollars to people who lost their homes in the county’s annual property tax sales, three years after the U.S.

A north suburban woman is finally cashing in on thousands of dollars in property tax refunds, after months of promises from ...

A 5-acre strip on 167th Street in Orland Hills may be bought by the Forest Preserves of Cook County to manage invasive plant ...

Cook County may have to pay back millions of dollars to homeowners stripped of their equity through the county’s delinquent property tax sale system, after a federal judge ruled Monday that officials ...

Judge Finds Cook County Liable for Unconstitutional Property Tax Sale System "The county did not need to receive an engraved notice to understand that its actions—taking private property without ...

CHICAGO - A federal judge ruled Cook County may have to pay millions of dollars to homeowners who lost their properties through tax sales. The ruling centers around homeowners who lost not only their ...

For homeowners on a fixed income, a surprise four figure bill can feel impossible to handle.

A federal judge's ruling against Cook County is sparking conversations far beyond property taxes. The judge says Cook County might have to pay out millions to thousands who lost their homes in those ...