Alex Nitkin

An investigation by the Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune found Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s office missed critical data from at least 620 properties in 2023, with big implications for those taxpayers.

Investigations |
Luxury home or vacant lot? Cook County assessor misclassifies hundreds of properties, missing $444M in one year alone

August 16, 2024 at 4:42 p.m.

An investigation by the Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune found Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s office missed critical data from at least 620 properties in 2023, with big implications for...

Reporters from Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune collected and analyzed thousands of points of data to track down where the Cook County assessor misclassified hundreds of properties.

Politics |
How we reported on Cook County assessment errors

August 4, 2024 at 3:11 p.m.

Reporters from Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune collected and analyzed thousands of points of data to track down where the Cook County assessor misclassified hundreds of properties.

News |
Smoke detectors save lives, but Chicago has slow-walked efforts to toughen rules

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

Just before midnight on a drizzly evening last June, Nicolas Mendoza parked his truck in front of his West Humboldt Park home and climbed his stoop after a late shift...

News |
Fires continue to kill people in unsafe buildings as Chicago ignores problems with its inspection system

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

Larry Burns had been planning a wedding reception last May in Mississippi and was looking forward to his mother coming from her home in Chicago's Austin neighborhood. A smart, fashionable...

Local News |
Dozens of guns taken by Evanston police at ‘no questions asked’ buyback event

May 13, 2019 at 3:13 a.m.

The Evanston Police Department collected 32 guns at its buyback event Saturday and sent them on their way to be destroyed. Residents of Evanston and Skokie were invited to bring...

Local News |
Summer meal programs open as school year comes to end in north suburbs

May 13, 2019 at 3:13 a.m.

As serving of school lunches cease with the ending of the academic year, local feeding programs are starting up that officials say help feed children who may otherwise be impacted...

Local News |
Niles Township High School District 219 approves $2,500 settlement, rules change over detention supervision grievance

May 15, 2019 at 5:55 p.m.

The Niles Township High School District 219 school board approved a payout earlier this month to a Niles West staffer to settle a dispute with the union over which educators...

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