The 2026 budget proposes eliminating library vacancies and cutting about half the funds for new materials, security, and custodial services.

On Dec. 9, Obama donned a Santa hat and visited the Bessie Coleman library in his former city. Students from Burke Elementary ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other Chicago leaders met at the Altgeld Branch of the Chicago Public Library Wednesday to celebrate the opening of the new branch, announce the expansion of ...

Check out the top titles in three categories: books for adults, books for teens and books for kids.

Former President Barack Obama surprised elementary students at a Chicago Public Library branch, reading to them and joking ...

Explore the Little Italy, Thomas Hughes, Bucktown-Wicker Park and Chinatown branches — top Chicago Public Library spots packed with fun for kids and teens. Photo credit: Chicago Public Library’s ...

Students at a library in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood got a special surprise Tuesday from former President Barack Obama.

Former President Barack Obama's much-maligned presidential center will officially open in June in Chicago after years of ...

The former president is in Chicago this week to check on construction of his presidential center, set to open next June.

The library will be an essential tool for kids as they get older, why not give them a chance to learn to love it at an early age? In addition to being a wellspring of learning and free information, ...

Although plans for a library honoring the former president are moving forward, residents of Chicago's South Side are concerned that changes to the area will uproot longtime dwellers Although plans for ...

Photo credit: Chicago Public Library’s Thomas Hughes Children’s Library inside the Harold Washington Library Center, (c) City of Chicago Libraries aren’t just for borrowing books anymore — especially ...