RICH JAMES: Cid is acting like a Republican

Lake County Councilwoman Christine Cid has fed at the public trough for years.

Winfield man overcomes tax appeal turbulence

CROWN POINT | A local pilot's spirits are soaring after Lake County officials expedited his property tax appeal and saved him more than $1,200.

Computer error creates tax bill snafu

CROWN POINT | The Lake County treasurer said about 1,000 customers of First Midwest Bank shouldn't pay property tax bills they are receiving.

Tax sale wreaks havoc with Cedar Lake woman's life

CEDAR LAKE | Blind and living on little more than her Social Security check, Dolores Pittman soon may be homeless.

EDITORIAL: Short-term rentals qualify houses as inns

Today's topic is the ins and outs of inns. Or, to put it another way, should short-term home rentals be subject to the innkeeper's tax?

Tax holiday over for waterfront rental homes, tourism chief says

CROWN POINT | Lake County officials have no reservations about going after homeowners doubling as hoteliers for past due innkeeper taxes.

Innkeeper tax wave may crash on lakeshore homes

CROWN POINT | A wave of taxes may soon crash on Lake County residents who are peddling their homes as waterfront retreats.

Treasurer: 2012 county tax payments are healthy

CROWN POINT | Lake County Treasurer John Petalas said tax collections again will exceed 90 percent of the hundreds of millions of dollars owed this year by county property owners.

Lake councilwoman moves to treasurer's office

CROWN POINT | Lake County Councilwoman Christine Cid, D-East Chicago, has shifted her full-time job in county government from the clerk's to the treasurer's office.

Lake auditor and treasurer offices will be open Veterans Day for tax payments

CROWN POINT | The Lake County auditor's and treasurer's offices will be open for extended hours and will forgo closing their offices Veterans Day to accommodate last-minute taxpayers.

Lake County coroner hopes to return property to death victims' families

CROWN POINT | The Lake County coroner's office is holding jewelry, a calling card, a pair of glasses and even a packet of suspected marijuana that belonged to nearly 100 deceased people.

Lake County treasurer opens express lane for taxpayers

CROWN POINT | There is a swift, if not entirely painless, way for Lake County property owners to pay their taxes this fall.

State auditors say some numbers don't add up for Lake officials

CROWN POINT | The Indiana State Board of Accounts is scolding some Lake County officials for sloppy bookkeeping and failure to promptly distribute taxes to cities, towns and township government agencies.

Lake County tax sale hits 13-year high

CROWN POINT | The Lake County treasurer said Tuesday that the 2012 tax sale was a $17.8 million success.

Lake tax sale doing brisk business

CROWN POINT | Lake County Treasurer John Petalas said he is encouraged by public interest in his nontraditional tax sale at the halfway mark.

Lake County officials promote new online tax sale

CROWN POINT | Lake County Treasurer John Petalas and Auditor Peggy Katona are urging the public to get online for their upcoming tax sale.

Judge finds lawyer's objections to tax sale don't add up

CROWN POINT | A Merrillville lawyer is vowing to stop an upcoming Lake County treasurer's office tax sale or at least save his office from being auctioned off because its owners haven't paid taxes in 16 years.

EDITORIAL: Amnesty is good for county, taxpayers

Offering forgiveness of tax penalties to collect property taxes from delinquent taxpayers is a great way to offer a single chance to make good before properties are subject to tax sales.

Lake treasurer says amnesty program is the tax deal of a lifetime

CROWN POINT | Lake County Treasurer John Petalas said thousands of home and business owners can banish millions of dollars of tax penalties and late interest payments under an upcoming amnesty program. They need to follow two simple rules.

Lake County property taxes due by May 25

CROWN POINT | Lake County Treasurer John Petalas reminds local property owners the deadline for paying the first installment of this year's property tax is May 25.