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Trump Administration Withdraws Appeal to 2025 IMLS Decision
On Monday, a federal court granted the Trump administration’s request to withdraw its appeal of a federal judge’s November 2025 ruling that struck down Trump’s attempt last year to dismantle the IMLS.
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Op-Ed: Politicians Should Not Be Choosing What Our Children Read
Author and former bookstore owner Danny Caine writes about the dangers of HR 7661—a bill that would withhold funds from public schools and libraries that have “sexually oriented” material on their shelves—and the impact it could have on children.
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Captain Underpants Book-Sharing Boxes Pop Up Across U.S.
Dav Pilkey is funding the creation of 100 custom-made Captain Underpants book-sharing boxes that are being installed by Little Free Library in partnership with Scholastic in schools and public libraries in underserved communities around the U.S. through July.
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ALA Ramps Up to Protect Federal Funding
Library advocates are once again gearing up to block attempts by the Trump Administration to eliminate funding for the IMLS for fiscal year 2027. In addition, funding for the NEA and NEH would be drastically reduced under the proposed budget.
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PLA 2026: Public Librarians ‘Bring the Sunshine’ to Minneapolis
This year’s Public Library Association conference, held at the Minneapolis Convention Center April 1–3, brought in 6,410 registrants and dug into topics of technology, policy, and down-to-earth human connection.
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PLA 2026: ‘Librarians of the World, Unite!’
The Public Library Association is meeting in Minneapolis April 1–3, with 6,359 registrants to date. At the opening session, mayor Jacob Frey and Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson respectively praised librarians as “democracy warriors” and “truth-tellers.”
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Barriers to Reentry
Prison libraries are struggling to deliver resources and prepare incarcerated people to transition home. New federal legislation may change that.
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Federal Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss DoDEA Book Removal Case
Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles rejected an effort to dismiss a First Amendment complaint against five Department of Defense Education Activity schools, which removed 596 library books in response to White House executive orders.
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FY2027 Budget Process Begins, with Library Line Items
The ALA is seeking bipartisan support as the House Appropriations Committee collects representatives’ requests to fund Library Services and Technology Act grants and the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program.
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House Committee Advances National Book Ban Bill
The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce endorsed HR 7661, a bill to withhold federal education funds from public schools alleged to have “sexually oriented materials” in their library collections.
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