Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor said the county and the assessors agreed to have Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office adjudicate the dispute, but the assessors reneged a week later.

CROWN POINT — The county assessor's office knows where Lake County residents live. Assessor Jerome Prince and his staff of 30 deputies not only know their addresses, but also the square footage ...

Lake County Chairman Aaron Lawlor said he feels a bill aimed at allowing county voters to decide whether or not to elect a chief assessor was rushed through Springfield. By Frank Abderholden ...

SCHERERVILLE | Hank Adams, the first Republican to hold a countywide office in Lake County in more than 50 years, died Sunday. Adams, 77, had been battling cancer for more than a year. He resigned ...

The Lake County Board is reviewing a proposal that would eliminate township assessor offices in favor of a centralized system — a model backers say would save taxpayers $4.4 million annually ...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against several Lake County officials that stemmed from a dispute over the property-value process. The assessors in Grant, Cuba, Libertyville, Ela and ...