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Nearly 50 libraries in the south and southwestern suburbs will receive more than $1.3 million in state funding as part of an ...
The Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library is one of the over 250 library systems in Ohio to lose funding with new budget bill.
A program that allows Chicago-area libraries to share books is in jeopardy after President Donald Trump gutted the federal agency that helped fund it.
Following public pressure from Ohio libraries and their patrons, Ohio House lawmakers this week increased proposed funding to the state’s libraries — though their plan still falls far short of ...
Public libraries in Granville, London, Marysville, Plain City, Westerville and Ashley got voter approval Tuesday for levy funding requests.
Public libraries throughout the south suburbs, many where officials say they chronically lack funding to make improvements, have begun receiving state grants to help bring their technologies up to ...
The state awarded $2 million worth of technology grants to 133 municipal libraries across the state, 18 in the Cook County suburbs.
The library had hoped to be able to receive a funding stream of about $500,000 if voters in all municipalities had approved the referendum, but only secured about $135,000 a year for the library.
On March 15, President Biden signed the FY2022 funding package, unfortunately resulting in lower-than-expected funding for libraries.
Four Northwest suburban libraries will share more than $361,000 in new state grants, a state lawmaker has announced. The Schaumburg Township District Library will get about $187,102. The Des ...
Ten years ago, Southwest Public Libraries faced dire straits after losing about 37% of its total operating revenue due to state cuts in library funding. "We had to cut Sunday hours, reduce hours o… ...