Cook County property owners will have until April 1 to pay the first installment of their 2025 property taxes, with bills headed to their mailboxes by March 2, officials said.
First installment property tax bills are typically released in February and due in early March, but they will be delayed by one month by an overhaul of the county’s property tax system plagued with problems, as first reported by the Chicago Tribune and Injustice Watch.
The second installment of 2024 property tax bills was four months late, creating a cash crunch across the county that forced cities, school districts and other agencies to scramble to pay their bills…