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Voters in Jamestown Township approved an operating millage for Patmos Library on Tuesday. The move comes after the library faced scrutiny for placing LGBTQ books in its young adult section.
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Looking for a new read in 2023? Here are the Detroit Public Library's most checked-out books of 2022Detroiters were on the case this year. Or at least, they were reading about the cases. Mysteries lead this year’s top books at the Detroit Book Library.
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The American Library Association reports that 2021 and 2022 have seen some of the highest numbers of book challenges in decades.
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Voters in Jamestown Charter Township voted to defund their local library. This, after the library faced backlash from the group, Jamestown Conservatives, for offering LGBTQ+ content. But advocates of keeping the library funded are organized too now, and two them join Stateside to talk about their plans.
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As schools return to near normalcy, we check in on the latest COVID numbers and vaccination rates. Then we hear about a West Michigan library's response to defunding over LGBTQ materials. And then we dig into this year's Detroit Month of Design.
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Today on Stateside, a new report shows Blacks citizens are far more likely to face felony charges in Washtenaw County, one of the state’s most populous…
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Today on Stateside, we hear from two sisters working to increase Muslim representation in the books at libraries. Plus, we talk to the director of the…
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Some Lansing public library branches will be offering curbside pickup starting Monday.Scott Duimstra is the executive director of the Capitol Area…
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You've heard of cat cafes, board game cafes, and tech cafes. What about repair cafes?Last week, the White Lake Township Library, about 35 miles northwest…
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Librarian Annie Spence knows what it’s like to love a book so much she has to write it a love letter. She also knows what it’s like for a break-up letter…