Chicago community leaders and longtime residents say the Obama Presidential Center risks washing away the neighborhood’s ...

The construction of a Barack Obama presidential center in Chicago has sparked a backlash from local residents. Chicago natives told the Daily Mail that the $850 million center, which will serve as a ...

Fair Maps Illinois” marks the third attempt since 2014 to reduce heavy partisan influence in how Illinois district boundaries ...

Alderwoman Jeanette Taylor, who represents much of the majority-Black, working-class neighborhood that surrounds the Obama ...

Jen Sabella, the Director of Strategy and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. She provides details on: Obama Center Offering Free ...

Former President Barack Obama remembered Chicago Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg as a "class act" in a post on social media. Sandberg died Monday after a long cancer battle.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama made a few surprise stops in Chicago on Monday. One stop was at a downtown polling place – it was quick and unannounced.

Obama drove from New York to Chicago 32 years ago in a $2,000 Honda. He’ll be going back there as an ex-president, perhaps forever leaving behind the city that made him—albeit with a $1 ...

Columns & Opinion Obama’s early writing on Chicago was eerily prophetic about America’s future He foresaw a “sharp wind” blowing away the change the city’s first black mayor had worked for.

In Obama's Circle, Chicago Remains The Tie That Binds July 14, 2008 By Shailagh Murray ...

The selection of the South Side for the site of President Barack Obama’s library puts a new focus on the role of Chicago in Obama’s life. Here are 21 meaningful sites across town. For those ...

OBAMA: No, and the reason is because I came of age, I understood my mission when I moved to Chicago. I was a young community organizer out there.