Cook County will provide relief to a number of local property owners who are seeing significant increases to their property taxes. The county’s Homeowner Relief Fund will distribute $1,000 payments — from a $15 million pool — to eligible homeowners who meet the following criteria: • A property tax bill increase of 50% or more […] The post News Briefs: Fund opens for property-tax relief; New traveling history exhibit; Fundraising fashion show this Thursday appeared first on The Record.