The Obama Center has been nearly a decade in the making, and here's the messy story behind why it's not complete yet.

The dedication ceremony for the Obama presidential library will be held in June, former President Obama announced on Saturday. Obama thanked residents in the south side of Chicago, the project’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Barack Obama will take part in a ceremonial groundbreaking for his presidential library on Tuesday, Sept. 28. According to the Chicago Tribune, Barack and Michelle Obama will be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Construction continues on the Obama Presidential Center, the complex that will host former President Barack Obama’s presidential ...

At the behest of the art-loving Obamas, Virginia Shore, the center’s curator of commissions, has contracted 30 artists to ...

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 ...