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Missouri House Moves to Defund All Public Libraries

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Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state’s public libraries, in a proposed $45.6 billion state budget that will soon move to a vote in the GOP-controlled state Senate.

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The IndependentThe Independent

Missouri Republicans threaten to defund public libraries

Library groups and civil rights organisations say the latest proposal is in retaliation for a lawsuit over a recently enacted state law that threatens educators with criminal punishment

·London, United Kingdom
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Common DreamsCommon Dreams

'Despicable and Dangerous': Missouri Republicans Vote to Defund State's Public Libraries

Literacy and civil liberties defenders on Wednesday excoriated Republican state lawmakers in Missouri after they gave their final approval to a budget that would completely defund the state's public libraries and other essential services.In addition to cutting the $4.5 million allocated for public libraries in Missouri's $45.6 billion state budget, the final package approved on Tuesday cuts all government support for diversity initiatives, child…

·United States
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SalonSalon

Missouri state House Republicans vote to defund public libraries

Republicans are retaliating against a librarians’ organization for suing the state over a law on book banning.

·San Francisco, United States
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TruthoutTruthout

Missouri State House Republicans Pass Budget Bill That Removes Funding for Libraries

Republican lawmakers in the Missouri state House of Representatives followed through on threats they previously made to librarians, passing a state budget this week that eliminates all funding to public libraries throughout the “Show Me State.” Around $4.5 million in funds that would have been included in the budget for libraries were instead dropped down to zero, after cuts proposed by Rep. Source

·Sacramento, United States
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Occupy DemocratsOccupy Democrats

REGRESSIVE: Public libraries defunded by GOP-led Missouri Legislature

The Missouri Republicans who control the legislature dropped all funding for public libraries in the budget that they just passed.

·United States
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Washington PressWashington Press

MISEDUCATION: Missouri GOP defunds public libraries amid extremist calls for book bans

State Republicans who control the Missouri House just passed a budget that defunds public libraries in the state entirely.

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Heartland Signal broke the news in on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.
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