The board declared the books sexually explicit after a report by chair John Wahl.

A Baldwin County library will not receive state funding after months of turmoil involving “sexually explicit” and ...

Fairhope Mayor Sherry Sullivan says the library in her city did not get a “fair opportunity” to explain decisions about book ...

If reading “The Handmaid’s Tale” turns you on, you might be a dystopian Christian nationalist. You might be John Wahl. “The ...

In the last few years, Alabama lawmakers have pushed hard to raise the state’s reading scores. The Legislature approved funding for reading coaches in schools. They established summer camps for ...

The Alabama Public Library Service Board voted 3-2 to not restore funding to the Fairhope Public Library.

The Alabama Public Library Service Thursday voted to restrict books for minors that address “transgender procedures, gender ideology, or the concept of more than two biological genders.” The changes — ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The board overseeing Alabama public libraries on Thursday voted to remove books that discuss being transgender from the teen and children’s sections of all public libraries in ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.(AP) — An Alabama board is seeking to prohibit public libraries from placing books that “positively” depict transgender themes and topics in teen and children’s sections. The Alabama ...