Arkansas
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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Arkansas
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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