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After the threats to federal library funding in the past year, the fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations bills signed by President Trump on February 3 included an increase in federal funding for ...

Iowa schools without in-house libraries could soon lack access to larger media collections as a bill banning partnerships with public libraries and bookmobiles moves forward. Dozens of people attended ...

Some agreements between public schools in Iowa and local libraries would be blocked under a bill advanced Wednesday by the House Education Committee. The bill (HSB 636) would bar schools from letting ...

American Library Association President Sam Helmick, of Iowa City, testifies against legislation that would ban partnerships between public libraries and public schools during an Iowa House ...

Dallas City Council members and residents slammed a proposal this week that would have closed at least four libraries throughout the city. While the plan to close these libraries is now on hold, a ...

Four Dallas Public Library branches could be on the chopping block this year. The Oak Lawn Branch, the Skyline Branch in the Buckner Terrace neighborhood, the Renner Frankford Branch in Far North ...

Tinashe Mushakavanhu does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

It's been a tough year for public libraries. In March, President Trump issued an executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency devoted to funding ...

Rob Simmons estimates that, over the last decade, Oak Park Public Library employees have helped save the lives of about 20 people who overdosed on opioids. In some cases staff members saw that a ...

The federal government is abruptly ending passport services programs at non-governmental sites nationwide, a move that eliminates much-needed funding to more than two dozen libraries in Pennsylvania ...

When people picture a school library, they still imagine rows of dusty books and students whispering behind tall shelves. But that image of silence couldn’t be further from reality. The modern library ...