Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi owns a million-dollar, 120-year-old Prairie-style, two-story home on a spacious corner lot on the eastern side of Oak Park’s Frank Lloyd Wright Historic District.

After a Sun-Times Watchdogs investigation revealed that Annette Guzman took the tax breaks for five years, Cook County ...

Drastic property tax increases in Cook County have spurred the local assessor to action. Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi is proposing a new plan to provide property tax relief for low-income ...

Fritz Kaegi conceded defeat in his bid for a third term as Cook County assessor to rival Pat Hynes in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Kaegi, a self-described reformer who largely self-funded his ...

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi continues to blame the Board of Review for any property tax increases among Chicago-area homeowners, with a recent emphasis on the northern suburb of Evanston. The ...

With Chicago property owners about to get their first tax bills based on new assessments, Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi has released a report finding that homeowners in the city are bearing more of ...

You may not know much about what the Cook County assessor does, but it’s likely you’re keenly aware of the office’s impact on your bank account. The assessor calculates the fair market value of ...