{"id":7923,"date":"2025-08-31T18:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T18:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/?p=7923"},"modified":"2025-08-31T18:02:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T18:02:24","slug":"obama-center-subcontractor-files-40-million-discrimination-lawsuit-against-managing-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/31\/obama-center-subcontractor-files-40-million-discrimination-lawsuit-against-managing-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Center Subcontractor Files $40 Million Discrimination Lawsuit Against Managing Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A subcontractor, II in One, has filed a $40 million lawsuit against Thornton Tomasetti, the managing firm for the Obama Presidential Center\u2019s construction, alleging racial discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>II in One, a Black-owned company, claims Thornton Tomasetti imposed stricter standards and inspections, leading to significant cost overruns and potential bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton Tomasetti denies these claims, stating II in One was \u201cquestionably qualified\u201d and responsible for construction delays and errors.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit alleges racial bias, claiming non-minority contractors were treated differently.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton Tomasetti\u2019s memo to the Obama Foundation included images of construction defects, blaming the subcontractor\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>The Obama Presidential center has faced other issues, including delays, and concerns about rising housing cost for locals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A subcontractor, II in One, has filed a $40 million lawsuit against Thornton Tomasetti, the managing firm for the Obama Presidential Center\u2019s construction, alleging racial discrimination. II in One, a Black-owned company, claims Thornton Tomasetti imposed stricter standards and inspections, leading to significant cost overruns and potential bankruptcy. Thornton Tomasetti denies these claims, stating II [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-daily-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7926,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7923\/revisions\/7926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}