Rhode Island libraries face deep cuts in Trump’s budget

President Trump’s new budget proposal calls for cutting the main source of federal funds for state and local libraries.

The president’s budget outline, released earlier this month, would eliminate a little known federal agency called the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

The proposed cuts weren’t exactly a surprise.

Executive Order 14238, signed by the president March 14, already put IMLS on the chopping block, but the chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island has temporarily blocked its implementation. [...] Read full article.