Pat Hynes won the Democratic primary for Cook County assessor on Tuesday, defeating incumbent Fritz Kaegi. Election results from The Associated Press showed Hynes with 52.5% of the vote, compared with ...

Lyons Township Assessor Patrick J. Hynes, 53 previously worked for more than 20 years in the office of the Cook County ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Democratic primary contest for Cook County assessor pits a two-term millionaire running on systemic reform against a dynastic ...

CHICAGO - The two Democratic primary candidates for Cook County assessor sparred over their approach to reigning in property taxes and campaign contributions on Wednesday night’s Chicago Report Debate ...

Those certificates were submitted by the county's Board of Review, and represent the highest number the body has submitted since the 2021 tax year. The Board typically hears appeals to Kaegi's ...

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Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi took office in 2018 pledging to rid the office of corruption and create a process that more equitably shares the tax burden between homeowners and businesses. Eight ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Property tax bills in Cook County are due on Monday night, and the I-Team is investigating the sticker shock and the extreme hikes on many of those bills. The median residential ...

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 ...

Three of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods are seeing property tax hikes that are hard to imagine. Three of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods are seeing property tax hikes that are hard to imagine.