“This is the new arms race.” That’s how Missouri State Representative and former University of Missouri offensive lineman Kurtis Gregory described the burgeoning patchwork of state laws.
but for some libraries it s much larger percentage, a much larger impact that they re gonna have to withstand. some libraries are going t have to evaluate whether or no they stay open as many hours whether or not they reduce services that they provide ver important services that they provide for the communities. and it s something that we don t want to have to worr about that we already have shoestring budgets, and when we have that money taken away, even a littl bit, it just makes our job that much harder to provide th needed resources and service that our communities rely on libraries are more than jus places where there are books libraries for many communities is the lifeblood of thos communities, the center of those communities. katie earnhart, and missouri state representative peter merideth, thank you both ver