In a meeting fraught with crosstalk and tension, the Alabama Public Library Service board voted to withhold state funding to ...

An Alabama public library has lost state funding after refusing to move several books, including The Handmaid’s Tale, out of ...

The board declared 10 books in the Fairhope Public Library sexually explicit based on a report from APLS Chair John Wahl.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of all public libraries in ...

A bill that would make removing library board members easier and mandates libraries draft annual challenged book reports will ...

The Alabama Public Library Service will continue withholding state funding from the Fairhope Public Library amid an ongoing dispute over how the library handles challenges to some books. Members of ...

The Alabama Public Library Service Thursday voted to restrict books for minors that address “transgender procedures, gender ideology, or the concept of more than two biological genders.” The changes — ...

In the last few years, Alabama lawmakers have pushed hard to raise the state’s reading scores. The Legislature approved funding for reading coaches in schools. They established summer camps for ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.(AP) — An Alabama board is seeking to prohibit public libraries from placing books that “positively” depict transgender themes and topics in teen and children’s sections. The Alabama ...