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Committee advances bill to rename public library construction grant program for Mary Murphy
Summary
The Capital Investment Committee referred House File 1090 to the General Register after testimony from library leaders asking that the state's Public Library Construction Grant Program be renamed to honor longtime library champion Mary Murphy.
House File 1090, a bill to rename Minnesota's Public Library Construction Grant Program in honor of former Representative Mary Murphy, was moved to the General Register by Chair Lee and the committee voted to refer the bill.
Karen Punczak, director of Great River Regional Library, told the committee the program has supported more than 150 library projects across the state and that from 1994 to 2024…
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