City Council
Iowa bill would allow city councils to take charge of local libraries | #citycouncil
A new Iowa house bill would allow city councils to override decisions made by library boards. It would strike current law which requires voter approval before cities can directly make changes to their local library.Currently, local library boards of trustees set policy and oversee what books are in the library’s collection. Boards are appointed by […]
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Arkansas
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Appoints Homophobe to Arkansas 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. […]
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