Legislature
Here are a few bills that have positioned themselves for potential passage in the final week.
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- Opinion
library challenges stories
Local news
Boles said he wants the board to "reel back" its policy because it goes too far in discriminating against LGBTQ content.
Opinion
Every job has challenges and difficult periods. But people who choose library work want to help and serve people.
Local news
The library board of trustees Friday denied violating the Open Meetings Act.
Legislature
HB89 would allow the Shelby County delegation of the Legislature to take over board appointments.
Legislature
A second bill has been filed that would allow librarians to be held criminally liable for breaking Alabama obscenity law.
Legislature
That represents a nearly 5 percent decrease in the state agency's operation budget.
Courts
Former Director Andrew Foster alleges the board committed at least four violations of the Open Meetings Act when they fired him.
Local news
As challenges have popped up at libraries across the state, the Huntsville system has become the focus of controversy multiple times.
State
New recordings provide support for Boles’s statements that he wanted to distinguish “sexual content” from “LGBTQ content."