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Washington state prison libraries could lose staffing, resources under federal cuts
The money supports libraries at Eastern and Western State Hospitals, and the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library in ...
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Washington's libraries face 'deep and dramatic' funding cuts as Trump abruptly terminates federal grants
The Trump administration is notifying library systems across the country that grant funding is being terminated, despite ...
Libraries, which inspire, inform and welcome all, are now expendable
Federal funds are critical for libraries in rural and tribal communities; schools and prisons; and the state library that ...
Federal funding pulled from WA state libraries
To lose federal funding in addition to likely state funding cuts means it could lead the state library to be funded “at well ...
The Olympian11d
WA libraries sound alarm after feds cancel $4M grant: ‘Downright cruel’
News that the federal government yanked a $3.9 million grant from the Washington State Library didn’t sit well with Secretary of State Steve Hobbs. In an April 6 Instagram reel, Hobbs said that ...
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Asotin County Library faces severe cuts as federal funding slashes vital grants
The Asotin County Library is grappling with significant funding cuts following an executive order from the Trump ...
Editorial: Reverse ruinous cuts to federal library program
The Trump administration, in seeking to shutter the Institute of Museum and Library Services — which would include the ...
Federal museum and library grants abruptly terminated
Dozens of federal grants held by libraries, archives and museums nationwide have been terminated mid-year ‒ in some cases after the money was already spent.
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Federal funding pulled from WA state libraries
The Washington State Library, which operates a reading room in Olympia and specialized branches like the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library, distributes grant money to Institutional ...