Mayor Richard Daley on Tuesday tried to offer up a scapegoat for the puzzle of why property tax bills are soaring as home values are plummeting: Cook ...
Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 09.06.2009 | Chicago
Cook County Assessor James Houlihan announced today that he won't seek re-election next year....
Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago
Cook County Assessor James Houlihan said Thursday he will not be a candidate for Cook County Board President....
Shawn Healy | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago
Todd Stroger intends to seek reelection, but it's hard to see him weathering an ultra-competitive primary with such shaky credentials.
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago
The race for the Cook County Board Presidency just got a little more crowded. Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown announced Friday that she...
Chicago Sun-Times | Mark J. Konkol | Posted 02.21.2009 | Chicago
Thanks to the real estate market crash, your house is probably being taxed at a higher level than it's worth. Cook County Assessor James Houlihan say...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago
Mayor Daley today denounced as a "political stunt" Assessor Jim Houlihan's plan to siphon money away from Chicago's tax-increment-financing (TIF) dist...
Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago
After many Cook County residents early this month were hit with soaring tax bills in this troubled economy, Assessor James Houlihan today is planning ...
Chicago Reader | Ben Joravsky | Posted 11.09.2008 | Chicago
A few hours after my property tax bill arrived in the mail last week, I took the dog for a walk and bumped into a neighbor. "My taxes went up again," ...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.09.2008 | Chicago
With many city homeowners complaining about their new, higher property tax bills, Mayor Richard Daley will try to get out in front of the issue today ...
Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 11.02.2008 | Chicago
A high-end Gold Coast retirement tower developed the Franciscan Sisters religious order on land leased from Loyola University Chicago may lose its pro...
Posted 10.31.2008 | Chicago
The push for an Illinois constitutional convention picked up steam Tuesday with news that Cook County Assessor James Houlihan is supporting the Nov. 4...
Chicago Tribune | Bob Secter and Hal Dardick | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago