A former Cook County assessor’s office employee was sentenced Tuesday to three years’ probation for conspiring to accept golf outings at country clubs from two businessmen in exchange for helping ...

The property tax appeal period is open now through Feb. 3.

A former employee in the Cook County assessor’s office was sentenced to two years of probation Tuesday after a federal judge credited his extensive cooperation with investigators. Francisco Perez, 51, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Candidates running for office in Cook County started filing their paperwork Monday. The race for the assessor's office is expected to be heated after recent controversy over property ...

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Many Chicago homeowners have been suffering from sticker shock, as property tax bills on the South and West sides have skyrocketed. Long lines formed outside the Cook County Assessor's Office on ...

A former top official in the Cook County Assessor’s Office was sentenced to two years of probation on Tuesday after admitting to taking bribes and, later, helping the feds investigate corruption ...

CHICAGO -- ABC News, ABC-Owned Television Stations and the ABC7 Chicago I-Team are finding that too many Black and Latino homeowners are being "highballed." They are more likely to pay higher property ...