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Make the Library Your Third Place This Summer

July 05, 2024

Where else can you go to have fun, get out of the heat, and enjoy books and programs for free?

Now, Only Adults Can Access Some Libraries in Idaho!

July 03, 2024

The Donolly Library in Idaho is now restricted to adults only. Children are no longer allowed to check out books or enter the library. And anyone who challenges a book in Idaho can receive a bounty of $250! That means that book banners can get paid to keep you from accessing books in the state. Even worse, some libraries' entire budgets are only a few thousand dollars, and a half-dozen book bans would bankrupt them and shutter them.

Eleven People are Responsible for 73% of Book Ban Requests in Wisconsin

July 03, 2024

According to a Wisconsin Watch review of records obtained from all but two of the state’s 421 public school districts, more than 100 Wisconsin school districts — 1 in 4 — fielded inquiries about book bans.