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Property Tax Pointers from the County Treasurer: 10 Must-Know Tips for Homeowners

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Property Tax Pointers from the County Treasurer: 10 Must-Know Tips for Homeowners

Property Tax Pointers from the County Treasurer: 10 Must-Know Tips for Homeowners By Maria Pappas As Cook County Treasurer, I’ve learned the property tax system can be confusing and intimidating. Whether you’re a new or longtime homeowner, or a senior citizen, I understand your frustrations. To help, I’ve created 10 tips to better understand your…

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Jimmy Carter was a great man who should be emulated

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Jimmy Carter was a great man who should be emulated

Jimmy Carter was a great man who should be emulated By Jeffery M. Leving In January of 2000, I wrote to President Jimmy Carter to ask if he would mediate the Elian Gonzalez case. In case you were too young or just do not remember, Elian Gonzalez was a young boy from Cuba who was…

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State program allows senior citizens to defer payments on property tax bills

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State program allows senior citizens to defer payments on property tax bills

State program allows senior citizens to defer payments on property tax bills Your Property Taxes with Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas By Maria Pappas Amid increasing concerns that rapid increases in property tax bills will drive people from their homes, state officials are boosting a program that lets senior citizens defer paying their property tax…

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Illinois Attorney General slams Orland Park for withholding critical information on unfiled annual audits

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Illinois Attorney General slams Orland Park for withholding critical information on unfiled annual audits

Illinois Attorney General slams Orland Park for withholding critical information on unfiled annual audits By Ray Hanania In another major setback for Keith Pekau, the besieged MAYOR of Orland Park in suburban Chicagoland, the Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul ordered the village to release the correspondence between the village and its auditors. The issue surfaced…

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Orland School District 135 turns sex abuse case involving 2 female students into victim shaming

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Orland School District 135 turns sex abuse case involving 2 female students into victim shaming

Orland School District 135 turns sex abuse case involving 2 female students into victim shaming By Ray Hanania Everyone remembers in January 2015 when an Elementary School District 135 teacher, Cara Labus, was arrested on charges of sexually abusing two young school girls, aged 14, beginning in 2008 in suburban Orland Park. The case was…

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Comptroller’s Office comments on Pekau Administration’s “resolution”  

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Comptroller’s Office comments on Pekau Administration’s “resolution”  

Comptroller’s Office comments on Pekau Administration’s “resolution” Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza responds to lies and exaggerations made by beleaguered Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau and his rubber stamp board which has mishandled the village’s finances distinguishing themselves by being among only a few governments that have failed to file two annual financial audits in…

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Lipinski and Hanania discuss Trump cabinet appointments on Video Podcast

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Lipinski and Hanania discuss Trump cabinet appointments on Video Podcast

Lipinski and Hanania discuss Trump cabinet appointments on Video Podcast Former Congressman Bill Lipinski and coumnist and political writer Ray Hanania discuss Trump’s cabinet appointments and name the news media bias as “the biggest losers” in the presidential election battle between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. View Youtube video podcast below. 11-14-24 Co-Hosts Ray Hanania…

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Third-party notices tell you if a relative or anyone you know misses a tax payment

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Third-party notices tell you if a relative or anyone you know misses a tax payment

Third-party notices tell you if a relative or anyone you know misses a tax payment By Maria Pappas My office lets you sign up a relative or anyone you know receive copies of certified notices that are mailed a month before the Annual Tax Sale if your property taxes become delinquent. You can also register…

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