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 ...

Former President Barack Obama surprised a group of elementary school students at a branch of the Chicago Public Library in the city's Woodlawn neighborhood Monday. The students, who ranged from ...

A federal lawsuit reviewed by Newsweek alleges that a company involved in constructing the Obama Presidential Center subjected a Chicago-based Black American-owned subcontractor to "baseless criticism ...

Michelle Schultze, The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. Jul. 20—Barack Obama turned to the Kankakee, Illinois, librarians when he kicked off an effort to push back against book bans earlier this week ...

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 ...

The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago plans to proudly include artifacts from throughout the former president’s life and early career in the city, exploring the role his adopted home played in ...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Some of the White House materials bound for President Barack Obama’s presidential library in Chicago will start making their way from Washington, D.C., to Illinois this ...

A group of Chicago elementary school students had an unexpected visitor Tuesday when former President Barack Obama walked in wearing a Santa hat and sat down to read to them. The Burke Elementary ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Illinois legislature is rushing through a bill that could improve Chicago's chances to win the Barack Obama Presidential Library and Museum, but it seems to be stalled in the ...

Fundraising by the nonprofit organization that will oversee President Obama’s future library is picking up speed, with up to $4.4-million pledged during the last months of 2014, reports the Associated ...

Former President Barack Obama knows how to pick a winner. The former president is known for sharing his takes on everything from the NCAA March Madness bracket to his favorite books and music each ...

Formally confirming a long-rumored decision, the Barack Obama Foundation announced early Tuesday that Chicago’s South Side will be home to the future Obama presidential library, The New York Times ...