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Alabama

Autauga-Prattville Public Library Board hires new attorney to replace Laura Clark in Foster lawsuit • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The governing board of the Autauga-Prattville Public Library Tuesday dismissed their attorney over what they described as a conflict of interest. The Board of Trustees made their decision during a special meeting Tuesday to replace Laura Clark from representing the Board in litigation related to Andrew Foster, who had been hired by the newly-installed board […]

City Council

Director of Kilgore Memorial Library speaks to City Council about library partnerships | #citycouncil

YORK — Deb Robertson, director of York’s Kilgore Memorial Library, spoke to the York City Council on Thursday about the library’s ongoing partnerships with York Public Schools, Creighton University, Collins Aerospace and many other organizations. Robertson said that in the recent decades librarians have been challenged to think about how the library can improve the […]

Alabama

Alabama Republicans Try to ‘Criminalize Librarians Simply for Doing Their Jobs’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The Alabama Library Association and other critics on Wednesday called out the state’s Republican policymakers for pushing a new bill that opponents warn will unfairly jail librarians and have a chilling impact on collections. House Bill 385, introduced Tuesday by state Rep. Arnold Mooney (R-43) and 30 other legislators, says that “under existing law, certain […]

Arkansas

Rapert tries to block funding for libraries suing Arkansas over 2023 obscenity law

The Arkansas State Library Board voted unanimously on Friday to give public libraries their allotted quarterly share of state money after former state Sen. Jason Rapert tried to suspend funding for the libraries suing the state. The board authorized the disbursement of almost $1.4 million over the next couple of weeks, State Library Director Jennifer […]

Arkansas

Public libraries vs. quorum courts: an ongoing local conflict throughout Arkansas

YELLVILLE — Dana Scott hasn’t received a pay raise since the start of 2021. Scott, a librarian with 17 years of experience, has run the Marion County Library in North Arkansas for nearly seven years, and the library board of trustees has approved a merit pay raise for her every year. For the third year […]

Arkansas

Arkansas Senate confirms former GOP Sen. Jason Rapert to state library board

Former Arkansas state senator Jason Rapert, a Conway Republican who runs a national organization promoting conservative Christian public policies, became one of the newest members of the Arkansas State Library Board on Friday. A bipartisan group of 10 senators opposed Rapert’s appointment, which Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced in November. Twenty-two Senate Republicans voted to […]

Arkansas

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Appoints Homophobe to Library Board

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s latest appointee to the State Library Board is a far-right activist who has claimed “activist teachers … are pushing homosexual pornography on minor children” and wants to defund public libraries that are challenging state censorship. Jason Rapert is a former state senator who ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor last year. […]

Arkansas

Arkansas governor appoints two conservatives to state library board amid lawsuit, content debate

Former Arkansas state senator Jason Rapert, a Conway Republican who founded the National Association of Christian Lawmakers, is one of the newest members of the Arkansas State Library Board at a time when children’s access to library materials is a subject of statewide debate. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced a range of appointments to state […]

Arkansas

Central Arkansas school district drops library’s digital learning tools, citing lack of ‘filter’

More than 11,000 Pulaski County students are unable to access online educational materials through their local public library as a legal precaution, according to school district administrators, in light of the statewide debate over what content children should be able to access in libraries. The Pulaski County Special School District, which covers the rest of […]

Alabama

ALGOP chair responds to call for ethics investigation | News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

ALGOP Chair John Wahl recently responded to calls for an ethics investigation into his perceived affiliations with the conservative “parental rights” group Clean Up Alabama. The request was sent to both the Alabama Public Library Service Board of Directors — of which Wahl holds the District 5 seat — and Gov. Kay Ivey, by the […]