The library had hoped to be able to receive a funding stream of about $500,000 if voters in all municipalities had approved the referendum, but only secured about $135,000 a year for the library.

Grove City Library, 3959 Broadway, is part of the Southwest Public Libraries, whose request for an additional .75-mill, 10-year levy was rejected by voters on Tuesday.

The Vancouver Community Library on July 10, 2025. Erik Neumann / OPB. Southwest Washington voters will decide whether to boost funding or cut services at the Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries ...

Ten years ago, Southwest Public Libraries faced dire straits after losing about 37% of its total operating revenue due to state cuts in library funding. "We had to cut Sunday hours, reduce hours o… ...

South, southwest suburban libraries to receive $1.3 million in state funding Addison Wright, Daily Southtown (Tinley Park, Ill.) Sat, July 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM UTC ...

Harrisburg Library is not a public entity so it doesn't have a local operating levy or get state funding. Now it has a ...

If we pull our support, the state decreases theirs. Average local funding in Pennsylvania is 61%. Greensburg Hempfield Area Library’s local funding is 22%. Our library is a positive asset.

But Ashcroft insists that tying library funding to book selection is not banning books. "I think this is reasonable strings on dollars," he says. "We see that all the time with government funding.

Spring may be over, but library lovers have sprung forward to support federal funding for libraries—and members of Congress are responding positively. Amid headline-grabbing chaos in the federal ...

Public libraries in Granville, London, Marysville, Plain City, Westerville and Ashley got voter approval Tuesday for levy funding requests.