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 ...

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.

A new kind of presidential library rises in Chicago, focused on community life and leadership despite ongoing criticism.

Chicago library workers expressed their concerns about proposed cuts at City Hall today. The City Council's 2026 budget calls ...

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

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