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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Arkansas
Arkansas governor appoints two conservatives to state library board amid lawsuit, content debate
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Google-News-Wire
- November 21, 2023
- Act 372
- arkansas state library
- central arkansas library system
- crawford county
- jason rapert
- judge kristine baker
- lgbtq+
- libraries
- matt brumley
- national association of christian lawmakers
- patty hector
- pulaski county special school district
- saline county
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
- shari bales
- Trend – LGBTQ Attacks
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 […]
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