Flooded Chicago Braces for Rising Tide of Insurance Costs
(Above) City workers remove water from Lower Wacker Drive near Randolph Street after overnight flooding on May 18, 2020. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP. By Don DeBat The once extremely profitable Illinois property insurance industry literally is blowing in the wind and battling a rising tide of property damage from weather extremes nationwide. Billions of dollars in losses sparked by California wildfires and forest fires in western states – and an unprecedented
Don DeBat
Nov 7, 2025
Chicago Homeowners Face Uncertainty Over Delayed Property Tax Bills
Homeowners in Chicago and Cook County are left in limbo as the county struggles to finalize the 2024 property tax bills. Initially due on...
Don DeBat
Sep 15, 2025
Chicago Honors WWII Veterans With New Property Tax Exemption
(Above) American howitzers shell German forces retreating near Carentan, France, on July 11, 1944. Photo obtained from National Archives....
Don DeBat
May 2, 2025
