Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Wahl, chairman of the Alabama Public Library Service Board of Directors, center right, listens during a meeting in Montgomery ...

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 ...

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WALA) - The Alabama Public Library Service Board voted 3-2 to not restore funding to the Fairhope Public Library. The APLS had cut funding to the library last year after what they ...

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 ...

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. (WSFA) - The Alabama Public Library Service Board approved a rules change Thursday afternoon, which will remove some books from library children’s and teens’ sections. Books about ...

Kelyn Ralya said she wants to support Alabama librarians the best way she can after a “topsy turvy” atmosphere over the last three years. Ralya has worked in libraries for 30 years. She now will lead ...

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 ...