Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi owns a million-dollar, 120-year-old Prairie-style, two-story home on a spacious corner lot on the eastern side of Oak Park’s Frank Lloyd Wright Historic District.

In his first three years as Cook County assessor, Fritz Kaegi angered commercial landlords by hiking their assessments—a lot. They’re not going to be much happier with him in year four. Kaegi’s office ...

When the Chicago Tribune and Illinois Answers Project set out to investigate the accuracy of property assessments in Cook County, it became clear that reporters would have to use every bit of ...

Toni Preckwinkle is tired of the bickering over how Cook County values commercial properties for tax purposes. She's hoping a new set of recommendations will fix the problem. The Cook County Board ...

LYONS, Ill. (WLS) -- The ABC7 I-Team team has been looking into extraordinary increases in property tax assessments, leaving home owners panicked that they won't be able to afford to stay in their ...

In a recent editorial, the Tribune Editorial Board argues that “the job of those who assess property for tax purposes is to get the calculations as correct as possible in light of what’s actually ...