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Thursday, December 9, 2021

5th 'Black and Latino Houses Matter' Phone Bank helps 1,500 callers get back $3.4M (ABC7 Chicago) Video File

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas Posts First Installment Property Tax Bills on Website (Lawndale News)

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Maria Pappas and ABC7 Chicago to host final Black and Latino Houses Matter phone bank of the year (Press Release)

Pappas and ABC 7 Chicago to host 'Black and Latino Houses Matter' Phone Bank Thursday (ABC7 Chicago) Video File

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

See what you're going to owe: Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas posts First Installment property tax bills on website (Press Release)

How to get an early look at your next Cook County property tax bill (Daily Herald)

Friday, December 3, 2021

Serbian Christmas Trees in the heart of Chicago (Serbian American TV) Video File

Monday, November 22, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas opens satellite office at Saint Sabina Church to help preserve homeownership (El Dia News)

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Cook County Treasurer opens office at St. Sabina (ABC7 Chicago)

Treasurer Pappas Opens Satellite Office to Help Preserve Homeownership (Lawndale News)

New Study Shows 2019 Cook County Property Tax Assessments Met Standards for Accuracy and Equity (Lawndale News)

Unclaimed Money Returns to Pockets of Long-Owed Chicagoans (NBC5 Chicago) Video File

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas opens satellite office at Saint Sabina Church to help preserve homeownership (Press Release)

Saturday, November 6, 2021

Mosque Foundation hosts Pappas, Chamber property tax refund program (Suburban Chicagoland)

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Treasurer Pappas Shares Government Transparency, Social Equity Initiatives (Lawndale News)

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas to speak at conference in the Dominican Republic (Chicago Crusader)

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Commissioners bristle at new roadblocks in long-delayed tech upgrade: a very worrisome position to be in (Daily Line)

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas to share government transparency and social equity initiatives at real estate and tax conference in the Dominican Republic (Press Release)

Friday, October 22, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas partners with Candace Jordan and Black Men United in a North Michigan Avenue random act of kindness (Press Release)

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Pappas announces property tax refunds (The Beverly Review)

Thursday, September 30, 2021

Treasurer Pappas to speak at global forum in Spain, sharing IT knowhow and promoting social equity (Press Release)

Cook County Treasurer Pappas to Begin Automatic Refunds to Cook County Homeowners (Lawndale News)

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas to begin sending $25.4 million in automatic refunds to Cook County homeowners (Press Release)

Monday, September 20, 2021

Pappas and ABC 7 Chicago to host the fourth Black and Latino Houses Matter Phone Bank on September 21 (Press Release)

Cook County treasurer, ABC7 Chicago team up to connect taxpayers with unclaimed property tax refunds (ABC7 Chicago) Video File

Monday, September 13, 2021

Pappas: 36,000 properties are part of Cook County’s first Tax Sale in more than two years, and 19,000 owe less than $1,000 (Press Release)

Cook County delinquent property tax sale to be held in November (ABC7 Chicago)

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Pappas Mails Out Second Installment Property Tax Bills (Lawndale News)

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Pappas releases analysis of tax bills in Cook County (The Beverly Review)

Monday, August 23, 2021

Pappas: Check your mailbox for Second Installment property tax bills (Press Release)

Thursday, August 19, 2021

Anger And Panic As Pilsen Landlords Scramble To Appeal Skyrocketing Tax Assessments (Block Club Chicago)

Cook County property tax hike hitting Black, Latino homeowners (Fox WFLD/Channel 32) Video File

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

2020 Cook County property tax analysis: A heavier burden for businesses, Black and Latino suburban property owners (Press Release)

Cook County property tax hikes keep stinging landlords (Crain's Chicago Business)

It just doesnt make any sense: Commercial owners hit hardest in latest Cook property tax bills (Daily Herald)

Businesses and minorities hit hardest by latest tax bills, county report says (Chicago Sun-Times)

Businesses, Black and Latino communities hit hardest by property tax increases, treasurer’s office report shows: ‘An eternally broken system’ (Chicago Tribune)

Some Cook County Businesses Say Sky-High 2020 Property Tax Bills Could Shut Them Down (WBBM/Channel 2) Video File

Businesses, Black and Latino homeowners hit hardest after Cook County property tax hike (WGN/Channel 9)

Cook County property taxes increase by $534M despite some pandemic relief funding (WLS/Channel 7 ) Video File

Businesses, Black and Latino homeowners hit hardest after Cook County property tax hike (WGN/Channel 9) Video File

Black, Latino suburbs bear brunt of Cook property tax hikes (Crain's Chicago Business)

Cook County property taxes increase by $534M despite some pandemic relief funding (ABC7 Chicago)

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Pappas to tour local businesses in South Austin and Forest Park this week (Press Release)

Monday, August 2, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas has hired award-winning journalist and former Tribune business editor Mary Ellen Podmolik as director of communications. (Politico)

Monday, July 26, 2021

Unwanted 'scavenger' properties linked to crime, exit from Illinois, Cook County Treasurer says (WLS/Channel 7) Video File

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Tesorera del Condado de Cook Maria Pappas es entrevistada en el noticiero Univisión Chicago sobre la segunda factura de los impuestos de 2020 (Univisión WGBO/Canal 66) Video File

Friday, July 9, 2021

More signs your property tax bill will be delayed (Crain's Chicago Business)

'Senior freeze' tax errors exposed by Sun-Times could delay property tax bills (Chicago Sun-Times)

Sunday, June 27, 2021

South suburban mayors, dignitaries join march against violence in Dolton (Chicago Tribune)

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas takes tour of Hyde Park businesses (Hyde Park Herald)

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Pappas provides online tax data (The Beverly Review)

Monday, June 21, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Releases Property Debt Burden Lookup Tool (Hyde Park Herald)

Father's Day 2021: Chicago dads surprised with 'random gifts of kindness' (WLS/Channel 7) Video File

Editorial: Cook County property taxes rose 3 times the rate of inflation. You good with that, voters? (Chicago Tribune)

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Pappas and ABC 7 Chicago team up to host "Black and Latino Houses Matter" Phone Bank on June 16 (Press Release)

New online tool assists Cook County taxpayers (ShawLocal/MySuburbanLife)

Thursday, June 10, 2021

New Online Tool Weighs Government Debt Burden on Individual Property Owners (Evanston RoundTable)

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas presents her new Lithuanian brochure at the Balzekas Museum (Press Release)

How your property taxes can be impacted by government debt (Fox WFLD/Channel 32) Video File

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Pappas unveils new online tool to weigh government debt burden on individual property owners (Press Release)

La Tesorera Maria Pappas habla con Univisión Chicago sobre el nuevo reporte de la deuda publica en el Condado de Cook (Univisión WGBO/Canal 66) Video File

Cook County Treasurer Tool Compares Debt Burden To Home Value (National Mortgage Professional)

IL property taxes based on government debt make Chicago renters rethink buying a home (WLS/Channel 7)

Monday, June 7, 2021

Maria Pappas spotkala sie z Polonia w ZNP (wiadomosci.com)

A new report shows your property's share of local government debt (Crain's Chicago Business)

IL property tax hikes influenced by government debt; how to look up debt on your home (WLS/Channel 7) Video File

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Skarbnik powiatu Cook w PNA z edukacyjna misja dla polonijnych wlascicieli domów (Polish Daily News)

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Pappas presents new informational brochure in Romanian with community leaders (Press Release)

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas presents her new informational brochure in Polish with community leaders (Press Release)

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Online forum hosted by Arab American Chamber of Commerce honors Tabares and Pappas (Suburban Chicagoland)

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas honors St. Cyril and St. Methodius with Bulgarian community leaders (Press Release)

Cook County Treasurer Pappas presents new informational brochure in Urdu with community leaders (Press Release)

Saturday, May 15, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas presents her new informational brochure in Arabic with community leaders (Press Release)

Arab American Hassan Nijem named by Maria Pappas as Deputy Treasurer community liaison (Suburban Chicagoland)

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Another successful phone bank as Pappas and Chatman of ABC 7 Chicago return $2.7 million more to property owners (Press Release)

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas celebrates Asian Pacific Heritage Month with Korean leaders May 13, 2021 (Press Release)

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas presents her office's new informational brochure in Spanish with Mexican leaders (Press Release)

Cook Co. homeowner received nearly $2K refund thanks to 'Black and Latino Houses Matter' phone bank (WLS/Channel 7) Video File

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Pappas and ABC 7 Chicago team up to host again "Black and Latino Houses Matter" Phone Bank on May 12 (Press Release)

Monday, May 10, 2021

Preckwinkle-backed bill to revive abandoned buildings 'won't fix' Scavenger Sale, Pappas says (Daily Line)

Friday, May 7, 2021

Pappas and Jordan celebrate Mother’s Day by giving away 500 fresh-cut Ecuadorian roses on the Magnificent Mile with Luxe Bloom (Press Release)

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas presents her new Ukrainian brochure at Ukrainian Fashion Show (Press Release)

Monday, May 3, 2021

196,925 people must pay Cook County property taxes today to avoid late fees (Press Release)

Friday, April 30, 2021

Pappas: 203,472 people must pay Cook County property taxes by May 3 (Press Release)

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Pappas reminds taxpayers: Pay First Installment Cook County property taxes through May 3 with no late fee (Press Release)

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas names Manuel Venegas as her new Press Secretary (Press Release)

Monday, April 12, 2021

Cook County Treasurer helps refund millions (NACo)

Ceremony honors essential workers, Black and Brown communities hard-hit by coronavirus pandemic (Chicago Sun-Times)

Friday, April 2, 2021

Unpaid Property Tax Bills Further Burden Struggling Hotels, Malls (Bisnow)

Cook County's Way of Reviving Tax Delinquent Properties Isn't Working, Study Finds (WBEZ/91.5 FM)

Thursday, April 1, 2021

County's tax scavenger sale system leaves properties in 'limbo' (Crain's Chicago Business)

Unpaid Cook County property taxes reveal depth of landlords' pandemic pain (Crain's Chicago Business)

Friday, March 26, 2021

Black wards get $21M in property tax refunds (Chicago Crusader)

Pappas commemorates Arab American Heritage Month (Suburban Chicagoland)

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Turns out, fight the temptation to strip property from Black families isn't asking too much (Daily Kos) Video File

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

In Black suburban cities, nearly 15,000 homes may be lost to tax sales (Chicago Crusader)

After Decades in Wicker Park, Senior Homeowners Forced Out By Skyrocketing Property Taxes (Block Club Chicago)

Saturday, March 20, 2021

Maria Pappas and 'Black Houses Matter' closing the wealth gap (Rolling Out)

Friday, March 19, 2021

Munson Steed and Maria Pappas discuss $49 million (Rolling Out) Video File

Nearly 13,000 homes in Black wards in Chicago in jeopardy (Philly Tribune)

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Phone bank with Pappas and Chatman of ABC 7 Chicago returns $12.5 million to property owners (Press Release)

Treasurer reports total from "Black and Latino Houses Matter" phone bank (Politico)

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Tough times - and a possible Target store - offer Chicago a chance to rethink the Mag Mile (Chicago Sun-Times)

Nearly 13,000 homes in Black wards in jeopardy of being bought (Chicago Crusader)

"Black and Latino Houses Matter" phone bank helps Cook County Treasurer return $12.5 million to property owners (WLS/Channel 7) Video File

Monday, March 15, 2021

When Government Works: Chicago's Maria Pappas Returns Millions to Taxpayers (Pappas Post)

Sunday, March 14, 2021

Arab Democratic Club to host a candidates and leaders forum (Arab Daily News)

Friday, March 12, 2021

'Black and Latino Houses Matter' phone bank returns next week after $6M given back to homeowners (New York Press News)

County treasurer opposed to Target store replacing Macy's on Magnificent Mile (Chicago Star)

'Black and Latino Houses Matter' phone bank on March 12 (WVAZ/102.7 FM) Video File

Target takes big advantage of Cook County tax deferral (Crain's Chicago Business)

'Black and Latino Houses Matter' phone bank returns next week after $6M given back to homeowners (WLS/Channel 7) Video File

Black and Latino Houses Matter phone bank flooded with calls (Yahoo News) Video File

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Cook County property tax relief resources for vulnerable Black, Latino homeowners offered by treasurer (Daily Post USA)

Pappas, ABC 7 Chicago to host 'Black and Latino Houses Matter' Phone Bank (Lawndale News)

Column: Property tax collection data show the usual suspects are lagging in Cook County (Daily Southtown/Chicago Tribune)

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Target eyes Macy's site at Chicago's Water Tower Place, ground-floor space at John Hancock Building (Press Release)

Treasurer Maria Pappas: "The real estate brokers in town are telling me that nobody wants to move into Water Tower, and that's a really sad day for this city" (WGN/720 AM) Audio File

Cook County property tax relief resources for vulnerable Black, Latino homeowners offered by treasurer (WLS/Channel 7) Video File

Treasurer Maria Pappas says she doesn't want to see a target in the Water Tower (UK Time News)

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Target makes 'casual inquiry' about succeeding Macy's at Water Tower Place (Chicago Sun-Times)

Cook County Treasurer: 'Nothing wrong with Target, it just doesn't belong in Water Tower' (WGN/Channel 9) Video File

Target may replace Macy's at Water Tower Place (Fox WFLD/Channel 32) Video File

Could Target Replace Macy's in Water Tower Place? Speculation Sparks Mixed Reactions (WMAQ/Channel 5) Video File

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas Stands By Remarks That She Does Not Want To See A Target In Water Tower Place (WBBM/Channel 2) Video File

A Target on Chicago's Magnificent Mile? Some Chicagoans say no (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Target reportedly looking to replace Macy's at Water Tower Place along Michigan Avenue (WLS/Channel 7) Video File

County treasurer opposes Target on Mag Mile (The Real Deal)

Monday, March 8, 2021

Pappas and ABC 7 Chicago to host “Black and Latino Houses Matter” on March 11, a phone bank to help Cook County homeowners with their property taxes (Press Release)

Maria Pappas, a woman who leads Chicago (Serbian Times) Video File

Pappas and ABC 7 host 'Black and Latino Houses Matter' (Reel Chicago) Video File

Cook County Treasurer hosting phone bank Thursday to help property owners (Daily Herald)

Target in talks to replace Macy's in Water Tower Place, a switch one local official calls 'embarrassing' for Chicago's Magnificent Mile (Chicago Tribune)

Is the Mag Mile ready for Target? (Crain's Chicago Business)

Friday, March 5, 2021

Anna Davlantes of WGN Radio interviews Treasurer Pappas (WGN/720 AM) Audio File

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Cook County Board passes ordinance to bring transparency to TIF spending (India Post)

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Samantha Chatman hosts town hall with Treasurer Pappas on Black and Brown Houses Matter (Chicago Defender)

The last bastion: Maria Pappas reveals the dirty not-so-secret inequity of TIFs (ChicagoReader.com)

Monday, March 1, 2021

Chicago's higher property taxes hit March 2 (Illinois Policy Institute)

The Poor Get Poorer: How the pandemic is impacting Cook County's most vulnerable communities (WGN/Channel 9) Video File

Friday, February 26, 2021

In new video, Pappas reminds taxpayers: Pay First Installment Cook County property taxes through May 3 with no late fee (Press Release) Video File

Cook County Board passes Tax Increment Financing ordinance (WGN/720 AM) Audio File

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Pappas: Cook County Board passes ordinance to bring transparency to TIF spending (Press Release)

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Commissioners approve Pappas-backed ordinance to expose TIF 'shadow governments' (Daily Line)

Friday, February 19, 2021

Tax Sale Postponed (WBEZ/91.5 FM)

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Property owners have two extra months to pay their First Installment property taxes (India Post)

Friday, February 5, 2021

Treasurer Maria Pappas' program cuts residents' tax bills by $44 million (Taylor Media)

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Pay First Installment Property Taxes Through May 3 with No Late Fee (Evanston RoundTable)

Monday, February 1, 2021

Pappas: Pay First Installment Cook County property taxes through May 3 with no late fee (Press Release)

Cook County waiving late fees on property taxes for two months (Daily Herald)

Friday, January 29, 2021

Este programa en el condado Cook busca ayudar a adultos mayores con el pago de impuesto a la propiedad (Univisión WGBO/Canal 66) Video File

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Black Houses Matter: Unique property tax program provides money to homeowners during pandemic (KTNV) Video File

Pappas, commissioners roll out TIF transparency ordinance to expose 'unmined frontier' of government finance (Daily Line)

Pappas to speak to Chicago Bar Association (Politico) Video File

Monday, January 25, 2021

As property tax refunds go unclaimed, Cook County treasurer and Englewood organizers want the funds to help preserve Black homeownership (Chicago Tribune)

Editorial: Cook County property taxes: We're all paying our 'fair share' (Chicago Tribune)

Friday, January 22, 2021

2020: Ukrainians in the U.S., active despite pandemic (Ukrainian Weekly)

Monday, January 18, 2021

A close-knit Englewood community was the subject of a searing documentary. Has anything changed? (Chicago Tribune)

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Pappas: Are you a senior citizen struggling to pay Cook County property taxes? This tax relief program can help. (Press Release)

Friday, January 8, 2021

Treasurer breaks down the huge increases in Cook County property over 20 years (Fox WFLD/Channel 32) Video File

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Treasurer Pappas: "If you didn't vote, don't complain" (Lawndale News)

Which properties have the biggest property tax increases since 2000? If you didn't vote ... Don't complain (Suburban Chicagoland)

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Pappas: Which properties have the biggest property tax increases since 2000? If you didn’t vote … Don’t complain. (Press Release)

'You have no right to complain,' about tax hike over past 20 years, Cook County Treasurer says; notes low voting (WLS/Channel 7) Video File

Some property tax bills have multiplied by 20 times or more since 2000, Treasurer's Office finds: 'People have allowed this to happen' (Daily Line)

Monday, January 4, 2021

For Chicago Homeowners, It's All Pain, Little Gain (City Journal)