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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Money spat resolved over LGBTQ books at Mississippi library

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

A Mississippi library is on track to receive the full amount of money it was budgeted, months after a mayor threatened to withhold funding because the library displayed LGBTQ books for young readers.

The city of Ridgeland and the Madison County Library System reached an agreement this week to end the dispute, news outlets reported. In a joint statement, the two sides said they support a diverse library collection “consistent with the American Library Association’s Bill of Rights.”

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