Opinion Opinion | Certain lawmakers are insulting your intelligence Sen. Chris Elliott wants you to believe that it’s merely to fix a flaw in the way the board operates. Jacob HolmesFebruary 14, 2024
Legislature Committee passes bill to dismantle Archives board, replace it with political appointees Sen. Chris Elliott filed the bill after the department hosted a one-hour talk on the history of LGBTQ+ individuals. Jacob HolmesFebruary 14, 2024
State Organizations call on Legislature to oppose library censorship The letter largely reads as a response to another letter sent in by the state's two Moms for Liberty chapters. Jacob HolmesJanuary 24, 2024
Education APLS “blacklist” has just one book so far The rest of the challenges have been farcical, Pack said, with fictitious addresses such as “Censorship, Alabama." Jacob HolmesDecember 29, 2023
Featured Opinion Opinion | Alabama’s drift towards authoritarianism endangers ADAH independence The action against the Department of Archives and History is a political maneuver to appease a narrow, hard-right Republican base. Bill BrittDecember 5, 2023
Local news Prattville library board appointment sparks controversy Councilman Tony Moore has spoken out against the library board for refusing to move some of the books challenged by Clean Up Alabama. Jacob HolmesNovember 22, 2023
Featured Opinion Opinion | Book censors in history: not heroes, but villains of knowledge and expression The current debate surrounding book bans starkly contrasts with the more pressing issues affecting the state's youth. Bill BrittNovember 20, 2023
Education State library service tables vote to discontinue ALA membership Board members said they’d like more time and information to consider just what that move would mean for the library service. Jacob HolmesNovember 17, 2023
State State library service pulls out of ALA under pressure from state government Alabama Public Library Service Director Nancy Pack has ended the state agency's membership in the American Library Association. Jacob HolmesOctober 30, 2023
Local news Book-censoring battle moves to Fairhope Fairhope City Council President Jay Robinson said the council does not have input into library content. Jacob HolmesSeptember 12, 2023