presidents

The Obama Presidential Center is opening on Friday to the public. Bloomington natives Mike Jordan, who worked for Obama, and Terri Lantz, Jordan's sister, have toured the museum. Mike Kelleher, also originally from Bloomington, worked for Obama when he was the 44th president by picking letters from the public for Obama to read.

Gov. JB Pritzker has been introducing himself to larger audiences recently, but he maintains his focus is on Illinois.

Elected leaders in Illinois are mourning the death of former President Jimmy Carter and reflecting on the life of the humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

A Normal native who worked in the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations says while there have been many attempts to remove presidents from office,…