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The current course of challenges against the Prattville public library is likely to end with the library defunded.
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Prattville library stories
State
ALA also noted an increase in public harassment, verbal attacks and threats to library employees and board members.
Local news
Even level-funding the library has upset members of Clean Up Prattville, the group challenging the inclusion of certain books.
Courts
As Matt Clark steps down, his wife Laura Clark has been selected to take over the conservative legal firm.
Local news
Andrew Foster said the calls to remove or reclassify certain books for minors containing LGBTQ and sexual content are a "steep slope."
Local news
A group of Prattville parents challenged the inclusion of LGBTQ books in the children's section of the Autauga-Prattville Public Library.