After the threats to federal library funding in the past year, the fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations bills signed by President Trump on February 3 included an increase in federal funding for ...

If you’re thinking about getting your passport at a local library, you may want to schedule your appointment as soon as possible. Starting Feb. 13, nonprofit public libraries will no longer be able to ...

HOW THIS WILL AFFECT THE LIBRARY AND THOSE WHO RELY ON IT. HERE AT THE LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY, PASSPORT SERVICES MAKES UP MORE THAN $60,000. THE LIBRARY’S ANNUAL BUDGET, BUT SOON WILL BEGIN LOSING ...

American Library Association President Sam Helmick, of Iowa City, testifies against legislation that would ban partnerships between public libraries and public schools during an Iowa House ...

Because our libraries are stunning again. Northwest Portland Multnomah County Library (Bob Kerns) Set aside the fact that there are 19 library branches where any resident of Multnomah County can check ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A library in rural Alaska needed help providing free Wi-Fi ...

Iowa schools without in-house libraries could soon lack access to larger media collections as a bill banning partnerships with public libraries and bookmobiles moves forward. Dozens of people attended ...

Cuts to the city budget mean public libraries will no longer be open seven days a week, officials said. The last day of Sunday service for the New York Public Library and Queens Public Library will be ...

Want a say in the news? Email Claudia at todayinpa@pennlive.com to have your thoughts on the stories covered here or on PennLive heard. Smaller transit systems are feeling the same pain SEPTA was not ...

Some agreements between public schools in Iowa and local libraries would be blocked under a bill advanced Wednesday by the House Education Committee. The bill (HSB 636) would bar schools from letting ...

Staff gather to celebrate the reopening of the Hartford Public Library downtown branch. The library is a nonprofit and while it currently processes passport applications, it confirmed its status as an ...

Pendant que la physique quantique continue ses exploits, la mathématique nous rappelle que la mécanique classique aussi reste pleine de beaux mystères. À preuve, le coup d’éclat récent de Yu Deng, ...