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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dallas City Council members and residents slammed a proposal this week that would have closed at least four libraries throughout the city. While the plan to close these libraries is now on hold, a ...

Four Dallas Public Library branches could be on the chopping block this year. The Oak Lawn Branch, the Skyline Branch in the Buckner Terrace neighborhood, the Renner Frankford Branch in Far North ...

When out on a walk, it can be easy to have blinders on. Maybe you’re talking on the phone or listening to an audiobook or podcast. Maybe you’ve simply got your head in the clouds. A reminder to be ...

It's been a tough year for public libraries. In March, President Trump issued an executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency devoted to funding ...

From Connecticut to Cairo, reading spots that will seem like paradise to book- and design-lovers alike. In the library of Bayt Yakan, a Cairo building renovated by the architectural conservator Alaa ...

Rob Simmons estimates that, over the last decade, Oak Park Public Library employees have helped save the lives of about 20 people who overdosed on opioids. In some cases staff members saw that a ...