Arkansas State Library Board disbanded

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has 30 days to replace the Arkansas State Library Board. Earlier this year, a law passed dissolving and directing the governor to replace all members of the board. The law went into effect Sunday.

“Folks, this is what accountability is,” Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, said when he presented the bill.

Sullivan has long taken umbrage with the state’s libraries. He says inappropriate content is available to children, literacy is de-emphasized and the board should cut ties with the American Library Association…

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