The board declared the books sexually explicit after a report by chair John Wahl.

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

A Baldwin County library will not receive state funding after months of turmoil involving “sexually explicit” and ...

FAIRHOPE, Ala. — The Alabama Public Library Service board has voted to withhold state funding from the Fairhope Public Library after months of controversy surro ...

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 ...

The Alabama Public Library Service will continue withholding state funding from the Fairhope Public Library amid an ongoing dispute over how the library handles challenges to some books. Members of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

The Alabama Public Library Service Board of Directors has banned materials that discuss “transgender procedures, gender ideology, or the concept of more than two biological genders” from the ...