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Jennifer Schuessler<\/a>\u00a0, The New York Times;\u00a0Library Agency Reinstates Grants Canceled by Trump Administration<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[Kip Currier: Restoration of grants for libraries, archives, and museums — cut earlier this year by Trump 2.0 — is good news for people throughout the country whose lives are enriched by these vital institutions and community anchors<\/a>.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

What does it say about an administration that eliminates support for libraries, archives, and museums that provide free access to thousand of books and summer reading programs, historical records and exhibits, and life-enhancing programs like job seeking and AI literacy, but which will pump millions and millions of dollars into the building of a White House ballroom<\/a> that no one voted for and only the very\u00a0<\/b><\/span>wealthiest will ever have access to?]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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“The federal agency that supports the nation\u2019s libraries has restored thousands of grants canceled by the Trump administration, following a federal judge\u2019s ruling that the executive order mandating the cuts was unlawful.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The executive order,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>issued in March,<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>said the Institute for Museum and Library Services, along with six other small agencies, must \u201cbe reduced to the maximum extent consistent with the applicable law.\u201d Soon after, the agency put most of its staff of 70<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on administrative leave<\/a>, fired its board members and began informing grant recipients that their federal funding had been eliminated.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In April, the attorneys general of 21 states<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>filed a lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>arguing that the cuts, which included roughly $160 million in funding for state library agencies, violated federal law.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

John J. McConnell Jr., the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, ruled in their favor on Nov. 21, calling the administration\u2019s moves \u201carbitrary and capricious.\u201d Canceling funding appropriated by Congress, he said, violated the doctrine of separation of powers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This week, the agency announced the restoration of \u201call federal grants\u201d in a\u00a0<\/span>terse post on its website. The post<\/a>\u00a0made no reference to the court ruling.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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