A bill in Louisiana, HB 777, would make it a crime for librarians to use public funds to join the American Librarian Association or attend an ALA conference, punishable with prison time and hard labor for up to two years.

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Louisiana HB 777 Would Criminalize Librarians and Libraries Who Join the American Library Association

Louisiana Library workers or libraries who seek membership in the largest professional organization would be criminalized for doing so.

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@jensorensen Is Alberta Canada’s Louisiana? Premier Smith offers legislation to limit federal “Liberal” bias in post-secondary research funding. Long standing peer reviewed funding councils not conservative enough? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-ideology-universities-alberta-analysis-1.7179680
ANALYSIS | Danielle Smith wants ideology 'balance' at universities. Alberta academics wonder what she's tilting at | CBC News

The premier wants to do... something about what she argues is a lack of conservatism in post-secondary thought. It might include creating Alberta's own research programs, something the UCP has done before.

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@jensorensen For the non-Canadians and the tragically naive Canadians, Alberta’s premier( Canadian equivalent of governor) Danielle Smith interned at Fraser Institute the country’s most accomplished organ of misinformation and willful ignorance, <-the cohorts Smith relies upon. https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Fraser_Institute
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