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Recent News About Cook County Treasurer
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Analysis: 12K West Cook property owners didn’t pay 2018 real estate taxes
The threat of local government seizing and auctioning off one’s property once motivated Illinoisans to promptly pay their real estate taxes. Or else.
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From Chicago City Wire
Cook County Treasurer Pappas releases more evidence that pension system is upside down
There are almost as many people in Cook County now receiving public pension funds as there are active government workers, according to calculations recently released by the office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas.
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Nineteen of Chicago suburbs’ top 200 highest-paying commercial property taxpayers located in West Cook County, paid $34M last year
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.