West Cook News

Nineteen of Chicago suburbs’ top 200 highest-paying commercial property taxpayers located in West Cook County, paid $34M last year

By Kyle Wahe | Aug 16, 2017

Nineteen of suburban Chicago’s 200 highest tax-paying commercial properties are in western Cook County, according to a Local Government Information Services (LGIS) analysis of property tax data from the Cook County Treasurer. Collectively, these 19 properties contributed $34.71 million to Cook County’s public funds, which go towards municipal salaries and local school districts.

Analysis: West Cook County fire, police pension funds paid $97 million, lost $4.1 million on investments in 2016

By Kyle Wahe | Jun 30, 2017

Western Cook County’s 53 police and fire pension funds paid out a total of $97,778,122 in benefits to 1,894 retirees and inactive recipients in 2016 while losing $4,160,610 on their investments, according to a West Cook News analysis of the funds' mandated financial filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance.