The Foundation postponed the announcement of the final location until after the April 7 Chicago mayoral runoff because it did not want the decision to factor into the race.
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March 18, 2015
Three new labs, studying energy, health, and poverty, will join the existing Crime Lab and Urban Education Lab.
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March 9, 2015
The Obama Foundation does not want the library decision to play a role in the mayoral race.
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March 9, 2015
Koenig tells the Maroon about her days on campus, what makes a great radio story, and what she thought of the many Serial parodies.
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March 2, 2015
New poll commissioned by the Obama Foundation is consistent with previous polls conducted by the University of Chicago and the Chicago Tribune.
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February 27, 2015
Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to transfer parkland to the city in support of the University’s bid
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February 11, 2015
Of the 88 respondents who oppose using parkland, 48 percent said that they "would rather have the Obama Presidential Library built in New York or Hawaii" than parkland on the South Side.
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February 5, 2015
Obama library meetings draw hundreds.
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January 16, 2015
The mayor, several local aldermen, and numerous community groups have thrown support to the bid.
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January 9, 2015
Several Chicago-area universities have proposed academic uses for the library, in collaboration with UChicago.
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December 9, 2014