{"id":426473,"date":"2025-12-05T12:51:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/426473\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:51:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:51:16","slug":"cook-county-property-taxpayers-get-another-shot-at-appeals-chicago-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/426473\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook County property taxpayers get another shot at appeals \u2013 Chicago Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Chicago.<\/p>\n

Citing this year\u2019s\u00a0record property tax hikes, the Cook County Board of Review is giving taxpayers another brief shot at knocking down their\u00a0bills<\/a> for next year.<\/p>\n

Every Cook County township will reopen for appeals to property tax assessments, the county\u2019s estimate of a home or business\u2019 value, through Dec. 12.<\/p>\n

Successful appeals won\u2019t offer any immediate relief on the bills that just landed, however. Any savings would apply to next year\u2019s second installment bills, which typically land in the summer. People who already appealed aren\u2019t eligible.<\/p>\n

Read the full story<\/a> from the Tribune\u2019s A.D. Quig<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day, including: what a lawyer for the Trump administration said about the dismissal of an Operation Midway Blitz suit<\/a>, a historic settlement<\/a> approved by the Chicago school board\u00a0and our holiday book guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s eNewspaper edition<\/a> | Subscribe to more newsletters<\/a> | Asking Eric<\/a>\u00a0| Horoscopes<\/a> | Puzzles & Games<\/a> | Today in History<\/a><\/p>\n

\"PeoplePeople walk through the snow along North Michigan Avenue as a winter storm passes through the area on Nov. 29, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez\/Chicago Tribune)
\nA snowy, cold start to winter follows a very warm fall. How are Illinois seasons changing?<\/a><\/p>\n

After years of little snow across the Chicago area, recent\u00a0record-breaking snowfall\u00a0and\u00a0below-freezing temperatures\u00a0might seem to contradict scientific reports of winters getting warmer. But climate change is still transforming how locals experience the changing seasons, including this fall, one of the top 10 warmest recorded in Illinois.<\/p>\n

\"AngryAngry crowds face off with federal agents after a raid at the Discount Mall on West 26th Street in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood on\u00a0Oct. 23, 2025. (Antonio Perez\/Chicago Tribune)
\nTrump lawyer claims dismissal of Operation Midway Blitz suit would block future use-of-force claims<\/a><\/p>\n

An attorney for the Trump administration claimed in court yesterday that the dismissal of a lawsuit over the use of force by immigration agents in Chicago would bar journalists and protesters from bringing similar claims of constitutional violations in the future.<\/p>\n

\"MayorMayor Brandon Johnson, right, shakes hands with Matthew Brewer, interim board chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority, during a ribbon cutting event for the Edith Spurlock Sampson Apartments in Lincoln Park on Feb. 27, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar\/Chicago Tribune)
\nChicago Housing Authority head told HUD \u2018we do not recommend\u2019 Mayor Brandon Johnson ally as CEO<\/a><\/p>\n

The Chicago Housing Authority board told the federal government this fall that Mayor Brandon Johnson was pressuring the agency behind the scenes to install\u00a0a close political ally\u00a0to lead the nation\u2019s third-largest public housing agency.<\/p>\n

CHA board Chair Matthew Brewer wrote to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Oct. 1 laying out what he said were Johnson\u2019s attempts to influence the agency to\u00a0name former Ald. Walter Burnett Jr.\u00a0as CEO, according to a copy of the letter obtained by the Tribune.<\/p>\n

\"PerplexityPerplexity cofounder and CEO Aravind Srinivas speaks during during a technology conference in Washington on Oct. 28, 2025. (Jim Watson\/Getty-AFP)
\nChicago Tribune sues Perplexity AI for copyright infringement<\/a><\/p>\n

The Chicago Tribune filed a copyright infringement lawsuit yesterday in New York federal court against Perplexity AI, alleging the California-based startup has been unlawfully profiting off the newspaper\u2019s content in building its AI-driven search engine.<\/p>\n

The complaint challenges the unauthorized use of often fully reproduced Tribune reporting to provide answers on the Perplexity AI platforms \u2013 both a chatbot and newly launched search engine \u2013 essentially bypassing the need to link to the newspaper\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

\"BrianBrian Crowder gets into a vehicle after leaving the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on July 1, 2025. (Chris Sweda\/Chicago Tribune)
\nChicago school board approves $17.5 million sex abuse settlement for former student<\/a><\/p>\n

The Chicago Board of Education approved a historic $17.5 million settlement over the sexual abuse of a student by a former Little Village high school dean.<\/p>\n

The settlement is believed to be the largest school-related sexual abuse settlement in state history, according to the former student\u2019s legal team.<\/p>\n

\"ParkPark Forest police Officer Timothy Jones, who was shot in the line of duty in March 2016 and suffered life-threatening injuries, was released from Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton, May 26, 2017. (Zak Koeske\/Daily Southtown)
\nPark Forest police Officer Tim Jones dies nearly a decade after shooting\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Tim Jones, a Park Forest police officer and the son of the Country Club Hills Police chief William Jones, died Wednesday, nearly 10 years after he was shot multiple times in a nearly deadly confrontation with an intruder in a vacant house.<\/p>\n

\"ChicagoChicago Bears passing game coordinator\/defensive backs coach Al Harris, left, works with cornerback Kyler Gordon before the game against the Eagles on Nov. 28, 2025, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. (Brian Cassella\/Chicago Tribune)
\nColumn: Al Harris has made an impact on the Chicago Bears for years \u2014 and wherever he goes, takeaways follow<\/a><\/p>\n

Al Harris had a profound impact on the Chicago Bears long before being hired as defensive backs coach\/passing game coordinator, writes Brad Biggs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A two-time Pro Bowl cornerback for the Green Bay Packers, Harris is the assistant who was tasked with piecing things together while Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon missed much of the season. He\u2019s the guy who vouched for Nahshon Wright before the Bears signed him in April \u2014 seven months before he was\u00a0named NFC Defensive Player of the Month\u00a0for November.<\/p>\n

\"OhioOhio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin are the finalists for the Chicago Tribune Silver Football award. (Ryan Sun and Barry Reeger\/AP, Luke Hales\/Getty)
\nMeet the 3 finalists for the 2025 Chicago Tribune Silver Football, awarded to the Big Ten\u2019s best player<\/a><\/p>\n

The three finalists for the Chicago Tribune Silver Football will share a field tomorrow night during the Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

\""Lee“Lee Friedlander: Christmas,” by\u00a0Lee Friedlander, \u201cNorman Rockwell\u2019s Christmas,\u201d by Norman Rockwell, \u201cThe Uptown: Chicago\u2019s Endangered Movie Palace,\u201d by Robert Loerzel and James A. Pierce and \u201cChicago\u2019s Holiday Train,\u201d by Daniel Moreno. (Stacey Wescott\/Chicago Tribune)
\nHoliday book guide 2025: The best gift books of the season, paired to some very specific people<\/a><\/p>\n

The secret to a happy pairing? Being honest about who that person is, not who you want them to be.<\/p>\n

With this in mind, what follows are the best gift books of the season, paired to some very specific people.<\/p>\n

\"FeliciaFelicia Martis (Jovie) and Jack Ducat (Buddy) in the touring production of “Elf the Musical” at the Auditorium Theatre. (Evan Zimmerman)
\nReview: \u2018Elf\u2019 at the Auditorium Theatre has a fine Buddy in a middling musical<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cElf the Musical\u201d is the theatrical equivalent of pouring maple syrup on spaghetti; kids may love it, but nostalgia aside, it\u2019s too sickly sweet to have broad appeal for adults, writes Emily McClanathan<\/a>. Based on the 2003 film starring Will Ferrell, the 2010 stage adaptation returned to Broadway last year, directed by Philip Wm. McKinley, and a new national tour based on this production is now playing a limited run at the Auditorium Theatre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Chicago. Citing this year\u2019s\u00a0record property tax hikes, the Cook County Board of Review is giving taxpayers…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-426473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois","11":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}