Millions in property tax refunds will go out to Cook County homeowners as early as Aug. 15.

As Airbnb begins to remit Naperville’s hotel/motel use tax, some downstate municipalities are considering similar measures.

Dwyane Wade’s Matteson home has been on the market since May. At its current 5 percent effective property tax rate, the buyer would pay for it again in property taxes within 20 years.

The method by which local governments calculate Illinoisans’ property tax bills is broken. Here’s how Springfield can fix it.

David St. Pierre is the latest Illinois government employee to receive a generous severance package, despite leaving under questionable circumstances.

Nearly a third of property tax revenue in Chicago is diverted into 143 TIF districts controlled by the mayor, nearly half of which are located in affluent neighborhoods.

That’s why they call them taxes. If they were easy, they’d call them something else.