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The Institute of Museum and Library Services supports libraries across the country, including Kansas. Now its future is in question as the Trump administration proposes to eliminate it in next year’s budget.

And in 2025, the Texas Legislature's 89th session was no different. Earlier this year, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 412, which makes changes that could mean criminal charges for educators.

The Institute of Museums and Library Services was targeted in a recent executive order. Here's how that could affect North Texas libraries.

An executive order calling for the reduction of a federal agency that awards grants to museums and libraries would affect Oklahoma’s urban and rural libraries differently.

The St. Marys city commission, all of whom are members of a conservative religious sect, has threatened for years to pull the lease of the public library if it doesn't remove "divisive" materials. More than a dozen books were taken out of the youth section, and it's not clear how many more could be removed in the future.

Library staff look forward to the tour every year, not only as a fun Halloween event but as an exploration of the building’s past and the oral folklore surrounding it.

Members of St. Marys five-person city commission, all of whom are members of an extreme Catholic religious sect, have threatened to pull the lease of the public library if they don't remove all LGBTQ+ and other "socially divisive" books from the shelves. Their efforts have drawn a warning from the ACLU of Kansas.

The small town east of Manhattan had considered not renewing the library's lease because it refused to accept a clause asking for the removal of all LGBTQ and socially "divisive" books from shelves.

As communities and school districts push for book bans, some Texas librarians are nearing their breaking point.

Library users tend to return books in a timely way even when they don't face fines. And libraries might save money by putting less effort into collecting small fees.