Tag: LIBRARY FUNDING

APLS continues funding pause for Fairhope Library after hypersexual 'teen' book prompts 'trigger warning'

A book from the teen section of the Fairhope Public Library was so explicit that Alabama Public Library Service chairman John Wahl was asked to give a trigger warning before reading more.

APLS chairman Wahl: Conform to Trump executive order or risk grant funding

John Wahl, the chairman of the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) Board and the Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP), sent a formal letter on Wednesday to public library directors across the state, informing them that the APLS Board will stand behind President Donald Trump’s executive order banning the use of federal funds to promote gender ideology.

State Library Board chair Wahl: Dollar-for-dollar replacement for potential lost federal funds nearly finalized

Alabama Public Library Service board chairman John Wahl announced on Monday the near completion of an effort to protect the state’s libraries from potential federal funding losses as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to target federal programs.

National liberal nonprofit spreading misinformation, unjustified fundraiser for Fairhope Public Library

A pro-library non-profit based in the Chicago area is voicing support for the Fairhope Public Library under the false pretense that it has been defunded.