Voting Southwest Washington voters to decide on library funding in August special election By Erik Neumann (OPB) July 10, 2025 5:35 p.m. Updated: July 11, 2025 12:50 p.m.

Nearly 50 libraries in the south and southwestern suburbs will receive more than $1.3 million in state funding as part of an annual grant program awarding more than 600 public libraries across ...

Harrisburg Library is not a public entity so it doesn't have a local operating levy or get state funding. Now it has a ...

Library funding draws less than 0.003% of the annual federal budget yet has enormous impact in communities nationwide.

However, local libraries, including some in the Triangle, have received federal funding for specific programs, services and projects, often distributed by the state library.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services makes up less than 0.003% of the federal budget, according to the American Library Association. Yet it "has enormous impact in communities nationwide ...

For years, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has supported them. However, cuts by the Trump administration could jeopardize the future of rural libraries in particular.

Having worked in libraries for nearly a decade, I have seen firsthand the difference libraries make in people’s lives — and I understand why they're being targeted. On Friday, March 14 ...