Also at risk is state funding the library receives from the Alabama Public Library Service. The Fairhope library gets around $42,000 annually during a fiscal year that begins Sept. 1. For this ...

Randal Wright was in the middle of a pork sandwich last week when she received an alarming phone call: Alabama had paused funding to the library where Wright volunteered and thousands of residents ...

The public library in Fairhope, Alabama — a picturesque city on the shores of Mobile Bay — has found itself in the crosshairs of battles over library content. The Alabama Public Library ...

The library records more than 180,000 annual visits, one of the highest figures in Alabama, in a city of 25,000. It has been called Fairhope’s Taj Mahal. Now, it is also a battleground.

The review will have to be approved by the Fairhope Library Board during its April 21 meeting. The review was requested by John Wahl, chairman of the Alabama Public Library Services board of ...