South, southwest suburban libraries to receive $1.3 million in state funding Addison Wright, Daily Southtown (Tinley Park, Ill.) Sat, July 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM UTC ...

The public libraries serving Schaumburg Township, Des Plaines and Park Ridge have received state grants totaling $340,000 for ...

Ten years ago, Southwest Public Libraries faced dire straits after losing about 37% of its total operating revenue due to state cuts in library funding. "We had to cut Sunday hours, reduce hours o… ...

The library had hoped to be able to receive a funding stream of about $500,000 if voters in all municipalities had approved the referendum, but only secured about $135,000 a year for the library.

Public libraries throughout the south suburbs, many where officials say they chronically lack funding to make improvements, have begun receiving state grants to help bring their technologies up to ...

Several south suburban library districts get by with very little state funding, but the state librarian is moving to change that with $2 million in grants to improve technology offerings at the ...

Nearly 50 libraries in the south and southwestern suburbs will receive more than $1.3 million in state funding as part of an annual grant program awarding more than 600 public libraries across ...