Chicago determined not to lose Obama library bid

CHICAGO (AP) — Barack Obama’s hometown is making an official pitch that the city where the president got his political start should also be at the center of his post-White House legacy, with five separate Chicago bids to host his presidential library ahead of Monday’s deadline.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who initially sought to channel the competing proposals into a single bid, has decided for the moment not to pick a favorite. But the mayor, who also is Obama’s former chief of staff, is pressing the case that it should be on the South Side, where Obama’s path to the White House began. Emanuel also believes that’s where the library and museum would have the most lasting economic impact.