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Daily Herald: 25% of suburban Cook homeowners saw lower property taxes: See the median tax bill town by town
About a quarter of homeowners in North and Northwest suburban Cook County saw their property taxes decrease in 2022, while only 7.8% of commercial properties experienced declines.
An analysis by Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office shows commercial properties bore the heavier burden of the nearly $94 million increase in property taxes in the North and Northwest suburbs this year.
Belleville News-Democrat: Illinois Supreme Court suspends law license of former St. Clair County judge
The Illinois Supreme Court has suspended the law license of former St. Clair County Circuit Judge Ronald Duebbert for at least a year.
Justices followed a recommendation of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC), which is tasked with helping the court regulate the state’s legal profession.
The Center Square: Some warn of higher taxes with plan to pay down Illinois' unemployment debt
Economic analysts and lawmakers are speaking out against a plan to pay down the state’s unemployment debt, claiming it could raise taxes.
Earlier this week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the state would appropriate $1.8 billion to cover the state’s remaining $1.3 billion unemployment debt and then some.
Capitol News Illinois: Pretrial detention changes to SAFE-T Act will head to governor
Lawmakers on Thursday passed a long-awaited amendment to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform’s provisions that will eliminate cash bail when the calendar hits 2023.
The measure expands the list of crimes for which a judge can order pretrial detention, adds to what a judge can consider when determining if a defendant is a risk of willful flight from prosecution, and standardizes language regarding a defendant’s danger to the public safety among several other changes.
Chicago Tribune: Edward Burke, Chicago’s longest-serving alderman, is leaving City Council with a federal trial pending
As the 14th Ward alderman for more than half a century, Edward Burke not only has claimed the record as the longest-serving City Council member in the history of Chicago, but he also became one of the most powerful.
Here’s a look at his life, career, indictment and upcoming trial.
Chicago Sun-Times: Despite ban on lobbyists’ campaign money, Lightfoot took $53K from lobbyist’s companies
More than a decade ago, then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued an executive order that prohibited him and future mayors from taking any campaign money from lobbyists.
This year, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has accepted more than $53,000 in 39 individual campaign contributions from 14 companies owned by Carmen A. Rossi, a registered city lobbyist.
WTTW: As Chicago Property Tax Bills Arrive, Study Examines Biggest Increases
Open up your latest property tax installment and what do you see?
If you are a homeowner in certain portions of the city, you’ve seen your bill go up quite a bit.