This is a very good article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:...
What cuts to IMLS funding means for library users
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Senator Baldwin Releases Statement on Bipartisan Bill to Fund Labor, Health, and Education Departments for Fiscal Year 2026
This appeared on Sen. Baldwin's website. Library advocates at the federal level continue to work for public libraries. Keep encouraging people to contact elected officials, even though the postcard campaign is over....
A flurry of local coverage
Good job getting this news out there! Watch this website for next steps once the postcard campaign is finished. IMLS Announces 158 Native American Library Services Basic Grants Awards Madison WMTV 15 covered the Speak Up for Libraries campaign. Door County Pulse ran...
News coverage: postcard campaign on Fox 6
Bridges and MCFLS collaborated on a news story with Fox 6 yesterday after putting out the press release. Watch it here!
We Can Still Save the Institute for Museum and Library Services
from Book Riot: "there is still an opportunity to turn the future for the IMLS around, and it comes through an all-in effort by Americans to demand restoration of its funds. While the Republican’s budget and taxing bill passed last week–a bill that will devastate all...
House Republicans pass Trump’s megabill, sending the package to his desk to be signed
PBS article: https://www.npr.org/2025/07/03/nx-s1-5454841/house-republicans-trump-tax-bill-medicaid Fitzgerald Republican Yea Grothman Republican Yea Moore (WI) Democratic Nay Pocan Democratic Nay Steil Republican Yea Tiffany Republican Yea Van Orden Republican Yea...
State Biennial Budget
POLITICS Legislature passes and Evers signs budget after sprint to get ahead of Trump big bill Milwaukee Journal Sentinal article
Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden speaks out on her firing by Trump
Last month, Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to hold the position of Librarian of Congress, received an email that announced, without explanation, her dismissal. It was one of many recent instances where President Trump has pushed out the...
Tribal librarian fired then rehired due to Trump cuts provides needed services for Ojibwe
Frank Vaisvilas Milwaukee Journal Sentinel A popular and well-respected librarian for the Bad River Public Tribal Library in northern Wisconsin, who was laid off by the Trump administration in April, has recently returned to work. Read the entire article.