Chicago is splitting its 2026 “advance” pension payment, blaming delayed Cook County property taxes but raising concerns ...

Tax season begins Jan. 26, 2026 with some changes as a result of President Trump's so-called "One, Big Beautiful Bill." Among ...

Chicago's latest property tax shock has turned kitchen tables into protest sites, with homeowners literally setting their ...

Record Cook County property tax hikes under Toni Preckwinkle expose a fundamentally broken system, benefitting insiders and ...

And residents are running red hot.

In all, $1.59 billion poured into the city’s 108 TIF funds in 2024, according to the annual report from the clerk’s office ...

Anyone who has stayed in a hotel in a high-tax city like Seattle or New York is familiar with how that nightly $200 hotel ...

The increase in the city’s 17.5% hotel tax would more than double the marketing budget for the convention and tourism agency ...

Chicago’s city council is considering a new assessment on hotel stays that supporters say would raise about $40 million. The ...

The primary goal of the self-tax is to supercharge Chicago's tourism push, with the estimated $40 million in annual revenue ...