A controversial administrative rule from Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office takes effect Tuesday, requiring libraries to change their policies in order to receive state funding. The new ...

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s new rule governing libraries went into effect Tuesday, threatening to pull public libraries’ state funding over providing minors with books considered ...

Republican state lawmakers in Missouri have threatened to defund all of the state’s public libraries in a drastic budget proposal that has magnified the accelerating state-level campaigns against ...

A new St. Charles City-County library policy requires anyone under 18 to have a parent or guardian present to sign up for a library card. The move came in response to new rules from Missouri Secretary ...

An executive order from President Trump has stopped mid-Missouri libraries from receiving reimbursements for federally funded grants. Libraries across the state are being instructed to limit their ...

Despite strong opposition, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s new rule governing libraries will go into effect later this spring, threatening public libraries’ state funding over providing ...

The Joplin Public Library won multiple awards and a grant at the Missouri Library Association’s annual conference, held last week in Columbia. Beth Snow, teen services librarian, was awarded the ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Capitol library is closed indefinitely because of safety concerns with the dome ceiling. Contractors were investigating an overhead crack in January, the Jefferson ...

A library in Missouri is celebrating the return of its oldest-ever overdue book — and thanks to its no-fine policy, the person who checked it out and who has now returned it does not owe a cent. "It's ...