Treasurer Maria Pappas is asking for more time to decide whether to appeal a judge's Dec. 8 decision in a high-profile ...

A federal judge ruled Cook County is illegally settling minor property tax debts by seizing the full value of properties.

For more than a century, my family has run a manufacturing company in Illinois. Atlas Tool Works has weathered recessions, ...

Federal judge rules the system violates the “takings” clause, but compensation for homeowners in class-action lawsuit remains ...

CHICAGO - Cook County's longstanding system of collecting property tax debts by seizing and selling people's homes, worth ...

As we have written before, this system feels like something from the 19th century; it has the historical stench of a racist ...

Cook County homeowners face rising property taxes. Three-fourths of that money is going to police and fire pensions instead ...

Cook County, Illinois, has made headlines by making its basic income program permanent. Initially funded by federal pandemic ...

A federal judge ruled Cook County’s tax sale system unconstitutional for stripping homeowners of equity, leaving potential ...

The real problem is that guaranteed income, however well-intentioned, requires steady funding, something governments in places like Illinois can’t afford to provide.

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

COOK COUNTY, Ill. - A Blue Island man on parole for a felony gun conviction is facing new felony charges after he was ...