Christmas arrived early for an Alabama public library entangled in a culture war controversy with the state library board that led to the loss of $22,000 in state funding last year. Since the start of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A collection of books seen in Fairhope Public Library in Fairhope, Alabama on March 2, 2026. The Alabama Public Library Service ...

The Fairhope Library Board is hopeful that after reviewing 15 challenged books in recent months, and reshelving five of them to adult sections, they will get their state funding restored. But a member ...

The public library in Fairhope, Alabama — a picturesque city on the shores of Mobile Bay — has found itself in the crosshairs of battles over library content. The Alabama Public Library Service Board ...

The state board governing Alabama libraries plans to amend its administrative code to add language effectively prohibiting positive descriptions of “transgender procedures” or “the concept of more ...

Alabama libraries must move any books with transgender characters to the adult section after a state board decided they are inappropriate for children. The Alabama Public Library Service board of ...

The Alabama Public Library Service Thursday voted to restrict books for minors that address “transgender procedures, gender ideology, or the concept of more than two biological genders.” The changes — ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabama public libraries will now be required to remove material that is considered explicit from children’s sections. The change in the rules for public libraries could ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of all public libraries in the ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.(AP) — An Alabama board is seeking to prohibit public libraries from placing books that “positively” depict transgender themes and topics in teen and children’s sections. The Alabama ...