Alabama Republican chair again clashes with Fairhope over library books: 'Ambush'

Fairhope Mayor Sherry Sullivan says the library in her city did not get a “fair opportunity” to explain decisions about book ...
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AL board to withhold library funds over ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ other books

The board declared the books sexually explicit after a report by chair John Wahl.

Alabama GOP leader tests positive for Christian nationalism

If reading “The Handmaid’s Tale” turns you on, you might be a dystopian Christian nationalist. You might be John Wahl. “The ...
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APLS is playing cat-and-mouse with Fairhope library funds

About an hour and a half into last week’s Alabama Public Library Service board meeting, one simple question from Fairhope Public Library Director Robert Gourlay captured the frustrations that have ...
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Fairhope Public Library state funding cut impacts libraries across Baldwin County

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — The ‘battle of the books‘ in Fairhope continues over which books minors should not be allowed to ...

Alabama library denied funding because it won’t move classic book ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

A Baldwin County library will not receive state funding after months of turmoil involving “sexually explicit” and “inappropriate” content in books for teenagers. In a meeting fraught with crosstalk ...

Baldwin County cuts courier service to Fairhope Library after state funding loss

The courier service cut affects resource sharing between libraries across the county. Residents who visit smaller libraries ...

Alabama Public Library Service Board votes to not restore funding to Fairhope Public Library

The Alabama Public Library Service Board voted 3-2 to not restore funding to the Fairhope Public Library.