Michalowski now works at the Cook County Recorder of Deeds Office. "I didn't find out about these allegations until a week ago," Karen Yarbrough, Cook Co. Recorder of Deeds, said. Yarbrough said she ...

Cook County is on the hook for tens of millions of dollars to homeowners who lost their homes and their built-up equity as a result of the annual tax sale, a judge has ruled, while leaving unclear the ...