Nearly 50 libraries in the south and southwestern suburbs will receive more than $1.3 million in state funding as part of an ...

Now is the time to take stock of progress on library priorities, particularly federal funding and the upcoming budget showdown.

Governor vetoes provision restricting LGBTQ materials but signs budget that fundamentally alters library funding structure.

The state schools superintendent announced last week his agency will fund a program that provides free books to young children locally and statewide for one year, after the Legislature cut the funding ...

This year’s federal funding for State Library on the way after ‘emotional ride’ for organization State librarian tells advisory board, in its final meeting before dissolving, he’s ...

States win a legal injunction against President Trump, pausing library funding cuts. May 6, 2025 4:15 PM ET. ... It is the main source of federal funding for public libraries.

“We are mystified,” Wendt said. Chris Boynton, special services coordinator at the Maine State Library works in the library's temporary location, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Augusta, Maine.

According to the Minnesota Library Association, national library funding makes up just 0.003% of the federal budget. In 2023, 15.46 million people — not including virtual users — visited ...

Like the Ohio House’s version of the budget, the Senate proposal does away with a longstanding library funding formula which allots 1.7% of the state’s General Revenue Fund to libraries.