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As much of the library world focuses on the legal battles over the Trump Administration's efforts to dismantle the IMLS and to gut the Library of Congress, legislative efforts to seek fair digital terms for libraries have begun to reemerge in a handful of statehouses. In this week&

Apologies for the late delivery on a very busy Friday ahead of the Memorial Day weekend. It's been quite a news day. In this week's Words & Money weekly newsletter, we lead off with breaking news from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth

As one library advocate recently remarked, it's a mile a minute out there. But this week, there were some positive developments for library advocates in a host of ongoing issues. In this week's Words & Money weekly newsletter, we lead with news from Connecticut, where state

It was a rollercoaster week for libraries, which began with a solid victory in court, and culminated with the shock firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on the evening of May 8. While no reason has yet been given by Trump officials for Hayden's dismissal, the move

Leading this week's news, a federal judge on May 1 halted the Trump Administration's plan to destroy the IMLS, but the battle remains far from over.

Our first Words & Money weekly newsletter comes at a momentous time for libraries and publishers—and for the United States.