A controversial administrative rule from Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office takes effect Tuesday, requiring libraries to change their policies in order to receive state funding. The new ...

An executive order from President Trump has stopped mid-Missouri libraries from receiving reimbursements for federally funded grants. Libraries across the state are being instructed to limit their ...

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s new rule governing libraries went into effect Tuesday, threatening to pull public libraries’ state funding over providing minors with books considered ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – St. Louis County Public Libraries are clashing with Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft over his proposed rule change for libraries and their inclusion of age-appropriate ...

While negotiating the state budget last week, Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state’s public libraries. As the proposal moves to the Missouri Senate, public librarians are ...

Missouri is one of a growing number of places where government funding is being deployed as the newest weapon in the fight over books. Beginning May 30, a new state rule could deny state funding to ...

COLUMBIA — A majority of people working for University of Missouri libraries have taken steps toward forming a union and are ...

MISSOURI FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RECENT HISTORY. LIBRARY WORKERS HAVE ELECTED TO FORM A BARGAINING UNIT. THE VEOT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED TODAY KMBC NEWS, BRIAN JOHNSON IS LIVE IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI WITH ...

Despite strong opposition, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s new rule governing libraries will go into effect later this spring, threatening public libraries’ state funding over providing ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins Monday announced a pause in funding pending an investigation into a platform that provides content to K-12 school libraries across the ...

Missouri library leaders are decrying a plan by state legislators to strip funding for public libraries. In March, the Missouri House of Representatives approved a budget that would eliminate $4.5 ...