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APP.ONECLICKPOLITICS.COM | NOV 13, 2025
TELL CONGRESS TO FUND LIBRARIES IN FY26!
The 43-day federal government shutdown – the longest in history – has now ended. Congress must now turn to finalizing a full Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget. An...
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EVERYLIBRARY.ORG | NOV 13, 2025
The bill to reopen the US federal government will enable the ongoing and crucial work of the Library of Congress to continue, but we still need to work to secure funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) as well as the National Archives (NARA)...
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WANDTV.COM | NOV 13, 2025
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias led a legislative effort to change the library Equalization Aid Grant formula to free up more funding for Illinois libraries...
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FORBES.COM | NOV 13, 2025
The judge's reasoning would mean trouble for other lawsuits challenging book bans in Florida school districts...
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WBUR.ORG | NOV 13, 2025
The Massachusetts Senate is expected to pass a bill today that would set statewide rules for removing material from school libraries. The bill from state Sen. Julian Cyr, a Cape Cod Democrat, aims to combat a dramatic increase in so-called book bans in recent years — across the country and in Massachusetts...
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THEAPOPKAVOICE.COM | NOV 10, 2025
When a Jack Kerouac classic quietly disappeared from an Orange County high school library shelf, it became a local example of how Florida’s House Bill 1069 empowered almost anyone to trigger the removal of books...
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NYTIMES.COM | NOV 10, 2025
Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable. “A library is in a lot of ways a kind of civic symbol, a demonstration of a community’s commitment to itself,” said Cole Leinbach, a librarian in Tieton, Wash. “So what does it mean if that goes away?”...
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PUBLISHERSWEEKLY.COM | NOV 09, 2025
Daniel J. Montgomery takes the helm at the American Library Association today, with priorities that include federal and state funding, civic partnerships, AI competencies, and anti-censorship advocacy...
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STATESCOOP.COM | NOV 07, 2025
After 17 years of litigation, a judge has denied AT&T’s motion for summary judgment, allowing the case to proceed to trial...
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BOOKRIOT.COM | NOV 07, 2025
A Georgia statewide reading bowl banned eight books. These students led the charge to get the bans overturned and succeeded...
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KPBS.ORG | NOV 06, 2025
Books can be life-changing for people who are incarcerated. When Cherish Burtson went to federal prison, books became her source of survival. Her story – and the volunteers fighting censorship to get books past prison walls – reveals how access to reading can mean survival, connection and hope...
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CBSNEWS.COM | NOV 05, 2025
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THECENTERSQUARE.COM | NOV 05, 2025
The federal legal battle over the future of a Florida law that gives parents and others the right to target school library books for removal is moving to the appellate...
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PUBLISHERSWEEKLY.COM | NOV 04, 2025
Nonprofit library organization OCLC, which sued Baker & Taylor over its creation of BTCat in March, has asked a federal judge to set a schedule now that the 30-day stay issued in October has expired...
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COMMONDREAMS.ORG | NOV 02, 2025
History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts. We are living through a period of profound uncertainty and systemic challenge—where erasure of truth and history is not only possible, but actively underway...
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BOOKRIOT.COM | OCT 31, 2025
The model we call “good reading” is neurotypical reading. It assumes a brain that can sustain focus in long, quiet stretches.
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WLNS.COM | OCT 29, 2025
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Michigan Library Advocates are calling on state leaders to defend the right to read, as more than 4,300 Michiganders have signed a petition in support of this cause.
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WILX.COM | OCT 29, 2025
The Michigan Library Association will hold a press conference on Wednesday to urge state leaders to defend the right to read...
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WLEN.COM | OCT 28, 2025
LANSING — Michigan residents are speaking out to protect the right to read in public libraries. WLEN News Director, Bryan Vish has the story…
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PUBLISHERSWEEKLY.COM | OCT 26, 2025
Publishers and freedom-to-read advocates are supporting plaintiffs in Little v. Llano County by encouraging the Supreme Court to review a First Amendment decision by the Fifth Circuit...
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WKAR.ORG | OCT 24, 2025
AxMITax, which proposes the total elimination of Michigan property taxes, would cut funding from community amenities like libraries and zoos...
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PUBLISHERSWEEKLY.COM | OCT 20, 2025
Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles granted a preliminary injunction on October 20 ordering five Department of Defense Education Activity schools to cease implementation of three presidential executive orders...
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EDSURGE.COM | OCT 20, 2025
Federal funding that helped rural and urban communities more easily access Wi-Fi has been cut, leaving libraries scrambling for alternatives.
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BRIDGEMI.COM | OCT 20, 2025
Some local libraries refuse to stock AI-generated books on their shelves, criticizing their quality and citing ethics. Librarians from Greenville and East Lansing discuss...
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RECORD-EAGLE.COM | OCT 18, 2025
Every day at the Traverse Area District Library, I see how much our community values the freedom to learn, explore and imagine. Parents bring their toddlers to story time. Entrepreneurs...
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MLIVE.COM | OCT 10, 2025
The 2010 award-winning story's removal from the curriculum has ignited a debate between parents and teachers...
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