OHIO, USA — The State Library of Ohio is one of many libraries across the country awaiting legal battles over federal funding and congressional debates as to how much they’ll receive next year. The ...

The Ohio House of Representatives this week is hashing out a massive two-year state budget. One proposal from House GOP leaders getting a lot of attention deals with Ohio’s libraries. Libraries across ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The State Library of Ohio got some good news as a federal agency from which they receive grant money won a battle in federal court against an executive order from President Donald ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An email from the state House Majority Whip’s office appeared to threaten library funding for those “pushing specific ideologies” — but the GOP leader says it was sent by a staffer ...

Ohio lawmakers reversed proposed cuts to public library funding, promising increased funding next year. The Public Library Fund will remain, but the funding amount will be determined by lawmakers, not ...

I recently retired after four decades of working in public libraries, culminating with twenty-two years as CEO of Columbus Metropolitan Library. Having worked as an executive director at four library ...

CLEVELAND -- In the first general election after Republican lawmakers changed how libraries were funded by the state, voters across Ohio overwhelmingly moved to support their libraries. Of the 20 ...

Following public pressure from Ohio libraries and their patrons, Ohio House lawmakers this week increased proposed funding to the state’s libraries — though their plan still falls far short of what ...