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Cook County property tax bills finally getting mailed, due Dec. 15
Cook County leaders announced the second installment of property tax bills will be mailed by Nov. 14 with a Dec. 15 due date. Nearly four months later than usual thanks to a vendor’s software mess, Cook County property tax bills will be…
Mayor Johnson’s record-setting $1 billion TIF surplus…
Chicago Tax Increment Finance “surpluses” have increased more than ninefold in the past…
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2026 budget targets social…
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2026 budget proposal includes a per user tax on social media…
Fines per Chicagoan more than triples since 1996 to…
Chicago’s 2025 budget needed $345 million in fines, forfeitures and penalties. It was $99…
Just 4-in-5 businesses from 2015 likely still open in…
Chicago lost nearly 1-in-5 businesses between 2015 and 2024, translating to nearly 11,200…
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