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Trump cuts have WA libraries, museums and tribes scrambling

Marci Carpenter, of West Seattle, reads braille in a children’s book at the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL). She often takes books to schools and reads books to students — they can follow along with the same words in the book, on the opposite page. The WTBBL is just one cultural organization reeling from the Trump administration’s cuts of public funding to libraries and other institutions. Immediately at risk are blind readers in Washington, California and Connecticut, so far, where funding has been cut, and elsewhere. The library, which has around 200 volunteers, is located at 2021 Ninth Avenue in Seattle, shot Thursday, April 10, 2025. 229754

President Donald Trump's administration has targeted the federal agency that supports libraries for downsizing. Washington cultural organizations are reeling.

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