In a meeting fraught with crosstalk and tension, the Alabama Public Library Service board voted to withhold state funding to ...

Fairhope Mayor Sherry Sullivan says the library in her city did not get a “fair opportunity” to explain decisions about book ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of all public libraries in ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.(AP) — An Alabama board is seeking to prohibit public libraries from placing books that “positively” depict transgender themes and topics in teen and children’s sections. The Alabama ...

The Alabama Public Library Service Thursday voted to restrict books for minors that address “transgender procedures, gender ideology, or the concept of more than two biological genders.” The changes — ...

Alabama Library Association President James Gilbreath said his organization, a nonprofit which advocates for librarians, does ...

The board declared 10 books in the Fairhope Public Library sexually explicit based on a report from APLS Chair John Wahl.

FAIRHOPE, Ala. ( WALA) - The Alabama Public Library Service Board voted 3-2 to not restore funding to the Fairhope Public ...

In the last few years, Alabama lawmakers have pushed hard to raise the state’s reading scores. The Legislature approved funding for reading coaches in schools. They established summer camps for ...

An Alabama public library has lost state funding after refusing to move several books, including The Handmaid’s Tale, out of ...