Last year, Chicago's median residential tax bill in the city rose 16.7%, to $4,457, the largest percentage increase in at least 30 years. In the 24th Ward, where bills skyrocketed the most — the ...

Cook County Assessor-elect Pat Hynes joins David Hochberg to talk about his primary victory over Fritz Kaegi and what comes next for Cook County taxpayers. Hynes lays out his plans to clean up ...

Chicago’s budget director took improper homeowner tax breaks; part has been repaid and a county review is underway.

This week on Home Sweet Home Chicago, David Hochberg is joined by Rose Pest Solutions’ Marketing Director Janelle Iaccino, A.K.A. ‘The Bug Girl,’ who fills listeners in on how to prepare for pests ...

The Cook County Clerk is warning people about an ongoing text scam with fake alerts about traffic violations. The messages say you owe parking fines, or toll fines, and ask you to pay through a link ...

About 85,000 Chicagoans ages 17 to 34 voted in Tuesday’s midterm primary, with more mail in votes still to be counted. That’s up from the close to 62,000 voters in that age group in the 2022 primary.

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Life-long Crest Hill resident Judith A. Batusich served as the city of Crest Hill’s first alderwoman (1977 to 1981), Lockport Township trustee (1980–1989), Lockport Township assessor (1989–1996) and ...