Lawsuits are mounting from homeowners, investors and counties. Unless lawmakers act, taxpayers could pay millions in damages over Illinois' unconstitutional tax sale system.

County officials are turning to federal court over regulations of delinquent property taxes that they say puts them in an impossible bind. Two Illinois counties surrounding Chicago, Lake and DuPage ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Two new federal lawsuits have hit Illinois counties' sales ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The state of Illinois is considering taking a significant ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An obscure practice that lets private investors extract millions in equity from Illinois homeowners is now under legal fire. For decades, county treasurers in Illinois have collected ...

You could be one of nearly six million residents owed relief check from Illinois in the form of an income or property tax rebate worth up to $700 this fall. According to the 2015 Census, that's about ...

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Illinois might not be the first state that comes to mind when you think of high taxes, but it ranks near the top in several areas. The state has one of the highest sales tax rates in the country, some ...