Obama presidential center’s costs balloon to $1 billion after initial $300 million estimate
Former President Barack Obama’s center in Illinois’s largest city is set to cost over triple what original estimates projected, following years of costly delays in building the campus. In 2016, the former president chose Chicago’s Jackson P
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Former President Barack Obama’s center in Illinois’s largest city is set to cost over triple what original estimates projected, following years of costly delays in building the campus. In 2016, the former president chose Chicago’s Jackson Park as the site to cement his legacy through the Obama Presidential Center.
Ground breaking for the center was […]
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