Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2025 Budget 2025 Budgeted 2026 Proposed Net Change Percent Change Average Annual Rate ...

The city’s proposed 2026 budget would cut CPL’s book-buying budget in half and cut vacant positions that need to be filled.

Halving the Chicago library’s collections budget will mean longer wait times for new books and a reduced ability to serve ...

13 Chicago Public Library locations will host the new food scrap drop-off sites.

Mayor Brandon Johnson defended his 2026 budget proposal Thursday following a rating agency lowering its outlook on the city ...

Get a virtual preview of the Barack Obama Presidential Center, a unique community-rooted campus with facilities and green space, opening in 2026.

Twenty-five years. That’s how long the Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards have been honoring writers, artists and local changemakers. In a quarter of a century, the honorees have been many. This ...

Barack Obama is facing backlash for his $850 million presidential library in Chicago that will feature a basketball court, large art installations and a museum. Scheduled to open in 2026, the Obama ...

And what will our country look like if we continue this path of wreckage — to national parks, to museums, to libraries, asks ...