Crain's Chicago Business

Opinion: Our commercial property tax system is broken. Here's how to fix it — now.

A fundamental precept for any system of taxation to be accepted as fair and equitable by the taxpaying populace is that the system must be objective, transparent, and predictable. Our current real ...
Chicago Tribune

Cook County’s delinquent property tax system target of proposed legislation

A pair of bills backed by the Cook County Treasurer’s Office aims to reduce the burden on taxpayers who have fallen behind on their property taxes and crack down on private investors who profit from ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Cook County’s property tax system needs reform. Here’s how to fix it.

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New York Daily News

New York City’s unfair tax system: Property assessment rolls have no rhyme or reason and must be changed

For the last several decades, everyone has known that New York City’s property tax system is unfair and inequitable. As a hard-working, middle-class homeowner in Queens, thanks to our broken property ...
KETV Omaha

Senators propose eliminating property tax system to reform property valuations

THE PUBLIC. A COUPLE OF NEBRASKA STATE SENATORS SAY THE GOVERNOR’S PLAN TO REFORM PROPERTY VALUATIONS IS LIKE REARRANGING CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC. GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN AND ANNOUNCED THE GROUP MONDAY ...