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Residents press Mobile City Council over library materials; council schedules committee review
Summary
Multiple residents urged the council to shield children from materials they called explicit and to follow Alabama State Library Board guidance; council members emphasized First Amendment limits and scheduled a Committee of the Whole with library representation on Oct.15 to review concerns.
Multiple residents urged the Mobile City Council on Sept. 24 to take steps they said would shield children from sexually explicit or age-inappropriate library materials, prompting council members to schedule a committee meeting with library representatives to review policies.
Melissa Gates, citing the Alabama State Library Board, said state guidance permits cities to adopt material-selection policies and that municipalities could receive financial rewards for compliance. "They have these regulations ... and you're rewarded $500,000 if you do," Gates said, urging…
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