FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Fairhope Public Library is a place where people come eager to learn, but now it's also at the center of a heated debate. "This should not be a political issue," Elizabeth Williams with Read Freely Alabama said. The Alabama Public Library Service voted Thursday to suspend the library's state funding [...]

A nonprofit says it has raised enough money for Fairhope Public Library to cover state funds that the Alabama Public Library Service Board cut off last week. Read Freely Alabama, a grassroots free speech advocacy organization that has fought restrictions on library content, said it had collected almost $39,000 from about 550 donors through Tuesday […]

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — If Fairhope Public Library doesn't remove books deemed "obscene" for minors from the children's section, the Alabama Public Library Service will strip its funding. In a meeting Thursday, APLS Board Chair John Wahl called for an investigation into the allegations about the Fairhope Public Library and for the removal of inappropriate [...]

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