StL Public Radio - NPR - August 2023

Missouri rule’s ‘vague’ language has librarians concerned | STLPR (stlpublicradio.org)

Kansas City Star - August 2023

Ashcroft ‘obscene’ library rule confuses Missouri libraries | The Kansas City Star 

CLIR News - July 2023

Defunding Libraries in Missouri: Otter Bowman’s Unwavering Fight Against Censorship • CLIR

StL Public Radio - NPR - July 2023

St. Charles Library changes card policy for teens | STLPR (stlpublicradio.org)

Christian Science Monitor - May 2023

Amid book bans and talk of defunding, this library lends on - CSMonitor.com

KCUR / NPR - May 2023

Missouri escalates battle over books with new rule threatening state funds for libraries | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

StL Public Radio - April 2023

https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-04-21/missouri-librarian-calls-on-libraries-to-make-a-stand-against-censorship

Marketplace - April 2023

https://www.marketplace.org/2023/04/27/how-public-libraries-help-people-find-jobs/

The Current - CBC Listen - April 2023

Why some fishermen are refusing to fish for crab; cosmologist Thomas Hertog on Stephen Hawking and the origins of the universe; and American librarians fight calls to defund public libraries | The Current with Matt Galloway | Live Radio | CBC Listen

KSDK - April 2023

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/politics/missouri-republicans-move-defund-libraries-abhorrent/63-c7ec7814-f1fc-4484-b777-42218c38771d

PBS NewsHour -April 2023

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/librarians-say-a-missouri-house-proposal-to-eliminate-library-funding-would-have-devastating-ripple-effects

MSNBC - April 2023

https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/-straight-out-of-a-dystopian-novel-missouri-dem-blasts-state-gop-for-defunding-libraries-170367557950

St. Louis Public Radio - April 2023

Missouri librarians decry proposal to defund libraries | STLPR (stlpublicradio.org)

Kansas City Star - April 2023

MO Republican targets local library boards’ power after Cass County book dispute

Huffington Post - April 2023

Missouri Republicans Vote To Defund Public Libraries | HuffPost Latest News

Vice - March 2023

Missouri Reps Just Voted to Completely Defund the State’s Public Libraries (vice.com)

KOMU - March 2023

Public libraries face loss of state funding as budget receives initial approval | State News | komu.com

Coda - March 2023

Missouri librarians are risking jail time – for doing their jobs - Coda Story

Library Journal - March 2023

Missouri Budget Defunding Could Cause Rural Libraries To Shorten Hours, Shutter | Library Journal

KMIZ - March 2023

Library books become part of Missouri budget debate - ABC17NEWS

Truthout - March 2023

When Missouri Proposed Library Censorship, Librarians Got Organized - Truthout

St. Louis Record - March 2023

Library leader opposes GOP state rep proposal enforcing administrative anti-porn book rule | St. Louis Record (stlrecord.com)

Belleville – September 2022

https://www.bnd.com/news/state/missouri/article266175741.html

KMOX – September 2022

https://www.audacy.com/kmox/news/local/librarian-says-missouri-book-ban-criminalizes-librarians

Kansas City Star- September 2022

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/education/article266556371.html

KOMU – August 2022

(https://www.komu.com/news/state/new-missouri-law-will-ban-sharing-visually-explicit-materials-with-students/article_97717864-2493-11ed-9871-bb4c9247515f.html)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch – August 2022 –

1. https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/school-librarians-in-missouri-pull-books-as-new-law-allows-charges-for-explicit-material/article_eb7ed4ba-e6a3-5f83-bf10-223d27e6b081.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
2. https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/area-schools-remove-books-under-new-law-that-is-unlikely-to-be-enforced/article_72ebfce1-e25c-555a-a2d6-59de46f0054e.html

KSDK in St. Louis – August 2022

1. https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/education/missouri-book-ban-law/63-ccd45ac8-0d39-472c-b1fd-8b6f422479b9
2. https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/education/st-louis-community-reacts-schools-remove-books-under-new-state-law/63-b2ead1d0-6cd7-4249-9fca-87b4b542ee87

KCTV5 – August 2022

https://www.kctv5.com/2022/08/23/missouri-law-bans-books-calls-jail-time-fines-any-educators-found-violation/?fbclid=IwAR2SqR2JelGtG0zmVTPxr40BIlcS5sqvQgwQZxdyJNguAtQzXDu5z3yq_28

Independence Examiner – July 2022

https://www.examiner.net/2022/07/09/end-school-library-censorship-and-address-the-damage-it-has-done/

St. Louis Post- Dispatch – June 2022

https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/library-group-again-implores-wentzville-school-board-to-stop-banning-books/article_12c41756-63b1-5e69-b645-a1af44551151.html#tracking-source=home-the-latest

KSDK – February 2022

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/education/aclu-missouri-file-suit-against-wentzville-school-district-book-ban-the-bluest-eye/63-65f9c4e8-cb79-4a26-805b-2c1d9ec360ab