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The Obama Presidential Center’s grand opening looms, but for many minority-owned subcontractors, it’s a story of unpaid bills and broken promises. Companies like Adamson Plumbing say they’re owed nearly $4 million, left in financial ruin after chaotic conditions, delays, and withheld payments — despite the project’s original mission to uplift local businesses. Owners are emotionally drained, sleepless, and fearful of retaliation, while the Obama Foundation points to the main contractor, Lakeside Alliance, as responsible for subcontractor payments. As the nation prepares to celebrate, these businesses are fighting to recover what they say is rightfully theirs — turning a legacy project into a painful financial struggle.

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