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.

Why do we have presidential libraries in the United States? That's a good question. On June 30, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt presided over the dedication of his presidential library in Hyde Park ...

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 ...

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

Former President Barack Obama’s concrete-slab presidential center, which is estimated to cost over $850 million, faces ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump took a jab at former President Barack Obama’s stalled presidential library project on Tuesday. Social media users mocked Obama’s presidential library, comparing its ...