Rapert tries to block funding for libraries suing Arkansas over 2023 obscenity law
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Google-News-Wire
- February 10, 2024
- Act 372
- American Library Association
- Arkansas Library Association
- arkansas state library
- censorship
- central arkansas library system
- craighead county
- crawford county
- Dan Sullivan
- jason rapert
- jennifer chilcoat
- lgbtq+
- libraries
- library books
- library funding
- national association of christian lawmakers
- shari bales
- timothy brooks
- Trend – LGBTQ Attacks
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 […]
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Public libraries vs. quorum courts: an ongoing local conflict throughout Arkansas
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Google-News-Wire
- December 26, 2023
- Act 372
- American Library Association
- Arkansas Library Association
- censorship
- craighead county
- crawford county
- Dan Sullivan
- dana scott
- FOIA
- lgbtq+
- librarians
- libraries
- library books
- library funding
- Local governments
- Marion county
- matt brumley
- millage
- obscenity
- patty hector
- quorum court
- saline county
- Trend – LGBTQ Attacks
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 […]
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Arkansas Senate confirms former GOP Sen. Jason Rapert to state library board
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Google-News-Wire
- December 16, 2023
- 10 commandments monument
- Act 372
- american atheists
- appointments
- arkansas senate
- arkansas state library
- breanne davis
- bryan king
- jane english
- jason rapert
- jimmy hickey
- lgbtq+
- libraries
- library books
- national association of christian lawmakers
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- senate rules committee
- shari bales
- Ten Commandments
- Trend – LGBTQ Attacks
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 […]
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Central Arkansas school district drops library’s digital learning tools, citing lack of ‘filter’
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Google-News-Wire
- November 17, 2023
- Act 372
- censorship
- central arkansas library system
- Children's Internet Protection Act
- database
- digital learning
- LEARNS Act
- lgbtq+
- libraries
- library books
- mississippi
- nate coulter
- obscenity
- online learning
- pulaski county special school district
- software
- timothy brooks
- Trend – LGBTQ Attacks
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 […]
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