Jason Rapert, a member of the Arkansas State Library Board, attempts to withhold funding for libraries that don't separate "sexually explicit" books during a meeting on Nov. 9, 2024. Member Lupe Peña ...

A Senate committee on Tuesday signed off on a bill that would abolish the Arkansas State Library and its board, mandate minimum hours for libraries already struggling to stay open, and again seek to ...

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, presents Senate Bill 184 to the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs on Thursday, February 13, 2025 while Sen. Jim Dotson, R-Bentonville, looks ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A new bill in Arkansas could reshape the operations of Arkansas PBS and public libraries across the state. Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Jonesboro) introduced Senate Bill 184, ...

Senate Bill 536 received a do-pass recommendation in the Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee. If the ...

This article was first published by the Arkansas Advocate and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. An Arkansas state senator filed legislation Monday seeking to abolish the state ...

The future of public libraries across Arkansas is in question as Senate Bill 536 advances through the state legislature. The bill, which passed the Senate and now heads to the House, proposes sweeping ...

State Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, said he would double down on plans to eliminate the Arkansas State Library Board following the narrow failure of two motions he supported during a meeting on ...

The Arkansas State Library Board's decision Thursday against purging references to the American Library Association, as well as a state senator's claim its vote would doom the library board to ...

The right-wing war on knowledge continues as an Arkansas state senator filed a bill Thursday to abolish the State Library as well as the library board. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Jonesboro), along with ...

At least one of the seven members of the Arkansas State Library Board, Shari Bales, is seeking reappointment after the Legislature required the board be reconstituted. This comes following the board's ...

This article was first published by the Arkansas Advocate and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. An Arkansas Senate committee on Thursday advanced a proposal to abolish the state ...