Published 1 year ago

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 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

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Raw Story

Missouri House Republicans vote to defund public libraries: report

Republicans in the Missouri State House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to strip all public libraries of their funding a week after lawmakers debated the budget proposal that Governor Mike Parson submitted to the legislature.The version that will now head to the State Senate eliminated "not only...

1 year ago·United States

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Political Wire

Missouri House Moves to Defund All Public Libraries

“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,” WCPT reports.

1 year ago·New York, United States

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Alternet

Missouri House Republicans defund public libraries: report

1 year ago·Washington, United States

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MSNBC

Missouri GOP proposes a frighteningly efficient way to ban books

The Republican attack on books reaches a new and frightening low as Missouri GOP lawmakers push for a budget that does not provide state funding for libraries.

1 year ago·United States

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Common 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…

1 year ago·United States

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