The Orland Township Administrative Office is helping residents file their property tax appeals for free through the online Property Tax Appeal Request Form. “We urge all homeowners within Orland Township to take advantage of this opportunity and ensure that their properties are accurately assessed for tax purposes,” said Supervisor Paul O’Grady. “Your cooperation will help rectify the devastating impact of the errors from the Cook County Assessor’s Office and ensure fair taxation for all homeowners in our community.”

Two groups that support “school choice” and charter schools and are critical of the Chicago Teachers Union have amassed $3.6 million from prominent business leaders — including a few billionaires — looking to shape the city’s first-ever school board elections. It’s more than six times the cash that all 32 candidates have brought into their election campaigns and 20 times more than the teachers union’s political action committees reported holding at the end of June.

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez defended efforts to support new arrivals, announcing plans for a November referendum that would allow voters to decide whether to impose a 3 percent tax on the city’s wealthiest residents to help fund migrant services. “We have 120,000 millionaires who live in the city of Chicago who can pay their fair share,” he said. “There are solutions so that we can do both—care for new neighbors as well as current neighbors.”