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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's public libraries could learn 30 percent of its state funding on top of 20 percent that has already been cut, 10TV's John Fortney reported Monday. The cuts come as the state is looking to slash billions from its next state ...

Libraries Across Ohio Threatened By Cuts - WBNS 10TV Columbus

Several local libraries could close and many services would be lost if budget cuts are approved in Ohio. Gov. Ted Strickland has proposed a 50 percent cut to public library funding in addition to a 20 percent cut that 251 libraries have already ...

Local Libraries Face Closure If Ohio Governor's Budget Passes - WTOV 9

Libraries across the region are responding to a last-minute cut to the state budget that would eliminate more than $200 million in direct funding. Gov. Ted Strickland announced plans Friday to remove $213.4 million in funding to Ohio’s public ...

Libraries respond to 'devastating' Ohio funding cuts - Dayton Business Journal

MANSFIELD — A proposed budget framework announced by Gov. Ted Strickland late Friday would cut Mansfield/Richland County Public Library funding by almost one-third. Library officials worked through lunch Monday to consider the ramifications, and it ...

Mansfield libraries facing deep cuts by state - Mansfield News Journal

With less than two weeks to go before state legislators are supposed to sign off on the next two-year budget, advocates for Ohio’s libraries are mounting a campaign to fight cuts they say could close the books for some in the state. The Ohio ...

Libraries fighting proposed budget cuts - Columbus Business Journal

The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County is the only metropolitan library in Ohio that doesn’t receive local tax support, officials said, meaning a loss of $19 million in state money the next two years could result in 250 layoffs of ...

Gov's plan could close libraries - Cincinnati.com

CENTERVILLE —Washington-Centerville Public Library officials announced today, Monday, June 22, that the library board of trustees approved forming a financial advisory committee to provide advice in long-term financial planning and to ensure ...

Washington-Centerville Public Library forms financial advisory ... - Dayton Daily News

CENTRAL OHIO —Strickland announced $2.4 billion in spending cuts late Friday, including a $227 million cut to Ohio’s 251 library systems, two-thirds of which do not have a local property tax levy on which to rely. Ohio faces a $3.2-billion budget ...

Local Library Director: Closings Are Inevitable - NBC4 Columbus

Despite Gov. Ted Strickland's claim that he is protecting Ohio's most vulnerable, his plan for filling a $3.2 billion budget hole would shred the safety net of services for the poor and needy, human services advocates say. Proposed cuts, they argue ...

Governor's budget fix would hurt needy, human services advocates say - The Columbus Dispatch

LUCAS COUNTY (WTOL) - Ohio Governor Ted Strickland is looking to slash significant state funding to the library system. Toledo-Lucas County Public Libraries Director Clyde Scoles says the budget cuts amount to a 50 percent reduction in funding at a ...

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