Libraries and museums get federal funding back after Trump cuts

[elleng]

1. The IMLS is the independent agency in charge of awarding federal grant funding to libraries and museums

across the country. Earlier this year, it was the target of one of President Trump's executive orders, which led to the termination of grants that had been previously awarded. Library insiders said the move particularly hurt small and rural libraries, with limited access to other sources of funding.

In response to the EO, attorneys general in 21 states filed a lawsuit against the administration, and in November a Rhode Island District Court judge ruled that the Trump administration's actions were unlawful. Now, libraries and museums across the country will have access to money that had been stuck in a months-long limbo.