Obama Presidential Center Opens: Chicago’s $850M Obama Presidential Center is set to welcome up to 1M visitors a year, with the museum and campus opening June 19 and early “soft openings” already drawing attention to its community-focused design and sustainability upgrades. Sustainability & Resilience: Separate coverage highlights how green infrastructure—like rain gardens and climate-ready landscaping—was built into the Jackson Park campus to manage stormwater and cut carbon impacts. Data Center Pushback: Hoffman Estates residents and the Plan Commission rejected a zoning change for a new data center, citing community concerns over water/energy impacts and tax incentives; lawmakers also punted broader data-center regulation to later this year. Illinois Swipe Fee Fight: Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill aimed at changing credit card swipe fee calculations by removing sales tax from the fee base, keeping the issue in play for merchants and lawmakers. Cattle Biosecurity: USDA confirmed a new screwworm case in a Texas calf, raising fresh risk for the U.S. cattle herd and prompting quarantine steps near the Mexico border. Automation & Manufacturing: Automate Show 2026 spotlights practical production challenges for automation components, with aluminium and zinc die casting positioned as a scaling strategy. Food Safety: FDA is investigating two new outbreaks—listeria and cyclosporiasis—plus an additional Salmonella wave tied to moringa supplement capsules.