Kentucky libraries and museums could see large funding cuts due to Trump executive order

AnexecutiveorderrecentlysignedbyPresidentTrumpcould cutfundingto Kentucky’s librariesandmuseums.FederaldatashowsthattheInstituteofMuseumandLibraryServicesprovides morethan four milliondollarstoKentuckyforvariouslibraryandmuseumprograms. Withthisbeinganexecutiveorderthereisstillsomeconfusionastowhatwillactuallybeimpacted.BethMusgraveisareporterwiththeLexingtonHeraldLeaderandhasbeencoveringthestory.Shesaidsomeofthefundingcouldbesafefromcuts. “Whatsomeofthelibraryassociationsbelieveisthatsomeofthemoneythatflowsthroughtheinstituteisthroughblockgrants,liketotheKentuckyDepartmentofArchives.” Musgravesaidfederaldatashowsthe$2.7milliongranttotheKentuckyDepartmentforArchivesandLibraryServicessupportsthedepartment’sday-to-dayoperations. Shesaidthiscutcouldhaveamajorimpactforruralcommunities,wherepubliclibrariesplayabiggerrole. “Manypubliclibraries,particularlyinruralareas,actmoreascommunitycenters.T