Alabama’s state library board seems hostile to literacy

Alabama’s state library board seems hostile to literacy

Fairhope Public Library Board Chair Randal Wright reads a prepared statement before the Alabama Public Library Service on Thursday, September 18, 2025. The APLS voted to continue withholding state funding from the library amid an ongoing fight over the access to books. (Ralph Chapoco/Alabama Reflector)In the last few years, Alabama lawmakers have pushed hard to raise the state’s reading scores. The Legislature approved funding for reading coache…