State legislator threatens to block $10M in state grants for Arkansas libraries associated with American Library Association

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, speaks during the Joint Performance Review Committee meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, at the state Capitol in Little Rock. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, speaks during the Joint Performance Review Committee meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, at the state Capitol in Little Rock. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)

A state senator threatened to withhold funding from the Arkansas Library Association after an official from the group declined to participate Tuesday in a Joint Budget Review Committee hearing at the Capitol, but the association's president says the group doesn't receive funding from the state.

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