The Center’s 19.3-acre campus in Jackson Park will include a museum devoted to Barack Obama’s presidency, a basketball court, a community garden, and a branch of the Chicago Public Library.

Former President Barack Obama is looking to fill more than 150 roles for his presidential center, opening soon on the South ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Bids for the future home of the Obama Presidential Library were due Monday. For now, there is no public money available to help attract the library to Chicago, as five competitors ...

Illinois Republicans blast Obama Presidential Library's 'anti-racism' hiring requirements as divisive, arguing the project ...

Obama Presidential Center opens June in Chicago with anti-racism commitment for all hires, contrasting President Donald Trump ...

Is it wrong to commandeer space intended for public enjoyment to bolster a political legacy? That’s a question US President Barack Obama will soon answer when he and First Lady Michelle Obama announce ...

Former President Obama was in the Windy City to check on the progress of the nearly finished Barack Obama Presidential Library. Former President Barack Obama made a holiday pop-up visit to a Chicago ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A federal judge has denied a request to halt construction on the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park after a Chicago park advocacy group filed a new federal lawsuit. On Thursday ...

CHICAGO, May 12 (Reuters) - Barack Obama's presidential library will be built in his hometown of Chicago, the Obama Foundation announced on Tuesday. Chicago beat out proposals by New York City and ...

President Obama will not name the location for his future presidential library until after Chicago’s April 7 runoff mayoral election out of concern that an earlier announcement could politicize his ...