"The U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement in the lawsuit filed last April by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union and the American Library Association, agreeing to leave IMLS intact and allowing it to continue its work supporting libraries and museums across the country."
"Despite the settlement, the administration's proposed 2027 federal budget once again seeks to eliminate the IMLS, continuing a pattern of threats to cultural funding that has persisted throughout Trump's terms."
"In response to Trump's executive order eliminating the IMLS, 21 states filed a lawsuit, Rhode Island v. Trump, arguing that only Congress had the authority to eliminate federal agencies."
"The ALA v. Sonderling lawsuit from the American Library Association and AFSCME, the largest union of cultural workers in the country, followed, highlighting the ongoing legal battles to protect cultural funding."
The U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement in a lawsuit that protects the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) from elimination. Despite this victory, President Trump's proposed 2027 budget still aims to shut down the IMLS, along with the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Previous attempts to cut funding for these agencies have been met with legal challenges, including lawsuits from 21 states and cultural organizations, asserting that only Congress can eliminate federal agencies.
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