Obama To Speak At Chicago Climate Summit
Obama, who signed the Paris climate agreement in 2015, has continued to be outspoken about protecting the environment since leaving office.
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Obama, who signed the Paris climate agreement in 2015, has continued to be outspoken about protecting the environment since leaving office.
Like other jurors, Obama will be paid $17.20 for reporting for duty.
The former president, who has a Chicago residence, will arrive at one of the courthouses in Cook County.
More than 500 civic leaders from around the globe were expected to take part in the summit.
The two-term president, who owns homes in Washington, D.C., and Chicago's Kenwood neighborhood, will serve in November, a local judge says.
"We're going to be heard. We're going to make noise," said Charles Perry of the Westside Health Authority.
There's plenty of heart among the tomatoes, beans, okra and greens at this farm, in a rather unlikely place: KAM Isaiah Israel synagogue in Kenwood.
Former President Barack Obama nears history on Twitter.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel carefully side-stepped questions about possibly closing Cornell Drive as part of the Obama Presidential Center campus.
The Obamas will host a round table discussion Wednesday to "update the community" on the progress of the Obama Presidential Center.
On a panel that mostly consisted of college students and graduates, Kenwood Academy senior Ayanna Watkins was the only high school student.
The forum was former President Barack Obama's first public event and first public visit to Chicago since leaving the office in January.
Former President Barack Obama returned to Chicago Sunday, marking his first public trip back to the city since leaving the White House.
In his first speech and first visit to Chicago since leaving office, former President Obama will speak Monday at the University of Chicago.
The Obama Foundation has selected a project management team to lead the task of building the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park.
Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey was defending his office's use of a social media meme involving President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama, after some criticized the posts as racist.
Members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation weigh in on Trump's tweets accusing Obama of having Trump Tower wiretapped.
Trump took to Twitter to accuse former President Obama of wiretapping phone calls made by Trump during the campaign, but cited no source.
President Donald Trump has lifted the Obama administration's policies requiring public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom matching their gender identity, but the decision likely means little for existing policies in Illinois.
Democratic lawmakers from Chicago have proposed bills to make former President Barack Obama's birthday a state holiday.
In his first criticism of his successor since leaving office, former President Barack Obama said "American values are at stake" in the wake of President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban.
In one of his first acts after leaving the White House, former President Barack Obama has endorsed longtime friend Sophia King in the special election for alderman in his home ward on the South Side.
Rod Blagojevich is serving a 14-year sentence on corruption convictions, including the charge he tried to sell Obama's U.S. Senate seat.
Obama's South Side Chicago neighborhood reflects on his Presidency.
President-Elect Donald Trump may be another option for the imprisoned former Illinois governor. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
