Though many Illinois libraries already have supplies of medications that can reverse opioid overdoses, a new state law will ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — After recent threats against libraries and their workers in Illinois and around the country, state lawmakers are putting in protections to ensure the spaces stay safe. Secretary of ...

ILLINOIS (WMBD) — Over 600 public libraries in Illinois will receive funds for books, technology, and staffing needs. The Illinois Secretary of State’s office is awarding nearly $20 million in grant ...

Public libraries in Illinois now required to store anti-opioid overdose medications after a series of near-deaths - State law ...

Some libraries in underserved areas of Illinois will be able to make technology upgrades as a result of new grant funding from state taxpayers. The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office is awarding $2 ...

Illinois has a new state funding formula that increases resources for underserved and rural public libraries. According to a release, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias led a legislative ...

Legislation that requires libraries in Illinois to adopt an anti-book banning policy in order to receive state funding has passed both chambers and now heads to the governor's desk. The American ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Learning can be difficult for children and adults who struggle with reading and comprehension. Illinois libraries and community literacy programs are receiving more than $27 ...

HERRIN — Southern Illinois libraries will change the system used to check out books on April 1. Libraries in the Illinois Heartland Library System will switch from Overdrive (Southern Illinois ...

We all know libraries are places for books and periodicals or public access to the internet, but libraries are many more things than that. You can get help with your taxes at the library. You can rent ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Illinois is the first state in the U.S. to outlaw book bans, after Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed legislation that would cut off state funding for any Illinois library that tries to ...