Updates

The Prescott Valley Public Library has received more than $58,000 in Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant funding for a variety of community programming. All projects are supported by the Arizona State Library, Archives & Public Records, a division of the Secretary of State, with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library […]

By Rory Steele, Executive Director, Freedom to Learn Foundation Protecting Students’ Right to Read The Freedom to Learn Foundation (FTLF) is proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with authors, publishers, educators, parents, and students in one of the most consequential fights for intellectual freedom in a generation. As a key sponsor and financial contributor, we […]

Cuts are already limiting Mass. residents’ access to research and educational tools, but there is still time to oppose them.

A funding source the Denton Public Library has previously used for library improvements at its three locations in the city might not be available for long.

Like checking out library ebooks? Congress, Trump could make it harder by cutting federal funding for libraries.

By Rory Steele, Executive Director, Freedom to Learn Foundation The Freedom to Learn Foundation (FTLF) is honored to stand shoulder to shoulder with a powerful coalition of literary and educational organizations in Penguin Random House v. Menke, challenging Iowa’s sweeping school book ban law, Senate File 496 (SF 496).  On July 24, 2025, we signed a […]

Gov. Kelly Ayotte vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have allowed parents to request certain books and materials be removed from their child’s school.

Advocacy groups accused Florida officials of violating First Amendment rights and undermining the state’s review process for library books after school districts across Florida removed dozens of books the state’s attorney general called “pornographic.”