Investigation

While DuPage County Board chairman, Robert Schillerstrom appointed members of tax-appeals panel. Now a lawyer in private practice, he’s asking those same people to cut his clients’ property taxes. And they’re listening.

As Cook County residents struggle with staggering property taxes, another politically connected employee at the assessor’s office is caught with improper exemptions on personal property.

Little-known government agency that oversees hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars for Lyons Township schools is in turmoil amid questions into its financial practices.

Cook County assessor’s office launches investigation to determine whether its employees are improperly gaining property tax breaks on their own homes.

As BGA tries to determine whether blogger is posting material while on duty as a Chicago police officer, the operator shuts down controversial web site.

Alleged fraud gets politically connected electrical firm banned from future City of Chicago contracts. Other companies run by the same family that owns Windy City Electric remain under scrutiny, thanks in part to a Sun-Times/BGA investigation.

Most cop murders get solved. But nearly six years after Maywood Police Officer Tom Wood was gunned down, the killer is still at large and the investigation is in shambles. Who murdered him and why aren’t the only nagging questions.

Top-level meeting touches on returning forest preserve commission to the county board’s domain – but who floated the issue and why remains murky.