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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle would join a field of more than a dozen candidates seeking to become Chicago's 45th mayor if she announces a run Thursday as expected.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle to announce run for Chicago mayor this week

May 15, 2019 at 5:08 p.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will announce this week that she will run for Chicago mayor, sources with direct knowledge of her plans confirmed Monday. Preckwinkle, who also is...

Attorney Gery Chico, from left, outgoing U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez and U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley are considering joining the Chicago mayor's race.

Race for Chicago’s next mayor: U.S. Reps. Luis Gutierrez, Mike Quigley, lawyer Gery Chico considering

May 15, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

The pool of potential candidates to succeed Mayor Rahm Emanuel continued to grow Thursday as one of his 2011 opponents and two sitting Democratic congressmen confirmed they’re considering whether they’ll...

Cook County Clerk David Orr, shown in 2017, is not seeking re-election after seven terms in that office but may run for Chicago mayor.

Cook County Clerk David Orr considers run for Chicago mayor: ‘The city needs to go in a different direction’

May 15, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

Cook County Clerk David Orr, who is not seeking re-election after seven terms in office, is mulling a run for Chicago mayor, he said Wednesday. “The truth is I am...

Tony Sanchez, of Sanchez Paving Co., at his business in Markham on Aug. 28, 2018.

‘A perfect tax storm in the south suburbs’: Property tax breaks backfire on some homeowners

May 15, 2019 at 5:03 p.m.

When state lawmakers pushed through a trio of tax breaks in spring 2017, the idea was to ease some of the financial pain caused by Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s series of...

The entrance to the Cook County treasurer's office in Chicago seen on May 24, 2017.

$19.5M in paid property taxes heading back to Cook County homeowners by Oct. 15

May 15, 2019 at 5:01 p.m.

Thousands of Cook County homeowners are set to get a few hundred dollars back in property taxes this year, part of $19.5 million in refunds thanks to increases in tax...

Michael Sacks, left, sits with Mayor Rahm Emanuel at the Greater Chatham Initiative on June 29, 2016. Sacks, CEO of the GCM Grosvenor asset management firm, recently floated the idea of so-called pension obligation bonds at an annual conference for buyers and raters of city debt.

Borrowing billions to lower Chicago’s pension debt? Emanuel’s finance team is considering it.

May 15, 2019 at 5:01 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s financial team is considering borrowing billions of dollars to pour into Chicago’s ailing pension funds — a move they contend could save future taxpayers hundreds of millions...

As Mayor Rahm Emanuel prepares to seek his third term, his budget team on July 31, 2018, ruled out any major tax increases to close a relatively small projected budget shortfall in the coming year.

Chicago budget gap shrinks again, but big pension debt looms

May 15, 2019 at 5:01 p.m.

As Mayor Rahm Emanuel prepares to seek his third term at the city’s helm, his budget team on Tuesday ruled out any major tax increases to close a relatively small...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel at the Economic Club of Chicago's special luncheon meeting in Chicago, Thursday, July 19, 2018. Nearly a third of property taxes now collected by City Hall go into 143 special taxing districts controlled by Emanuel and aldermen.

Nearly a third of city property tax collections diverted into special taxing districts

May 15, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

Nearly a third of property taxes now collected by City Hall go into 143 special taxing districts controlled by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and aldermen, according to a new report by...

Cook County Assessor Joseph "Joe" Berrios arrives at Lazo's Tacos on the Northwest Side after the polls closed on March 20, 2018. Berrios lost his bid for re-election.

Cook County assessor candidate Kaegi: Ethics reforms to start on ‘Day One’

May 15, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

The Democratic nominee for Cook County assessor said Tuesday he’s laying plans to remake an office known for its unfair results, patronage hiring and insider politics — predicting that ethics...

Analysts in the office of Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios, shown in 2015, changed computer valuations of real estate during "hand reviews" on at least 20 percent of the county's properties, according to a top office official.

Berrios’ analysts used Zillow, other shortcuts in assessing property values, documents show

June 14, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

Newly released court documents show that analysts working for Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios often changed home values produced by the office’s computer model, a sign of shortcomings in the...

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