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Trump wants to shutter a federal library agency. Here’s what that could mean for Iowa libraries.

Mindy Clark of Cedar Rapids is framed through an O in Iowa as she visits the Cedar Rapids Public Library in southeast Cedar Rapids on Friday. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers ...
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Federal grant funding restored for Iowa libraries, museums

Audrey, Gideon, Rachel and Mary Phillips pick out library books during a visit by the Marion Library’s Bookmobile to Thomas Park on Aug. 26, 2025. The library is one of hundreds in the state to ...
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Public library programs at risk after executive order dismantles Institute of Library and Museum Services

President Donald Trump’s initiative to dismantle the Institute of Library and Museum Services could result in Iowa losing out on federal funding and support for libraries and museums. Issued on March ...
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Federal cuts to library and museum services will impact Eastern Iowa

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa libraries and museums are worried about their future, after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut the Institute of Museum and Library Services. That ...