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Libraries at risk over HB 2719
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Representatives from the Central Kansas Library System traveled to Topeka Monday to sit in on a committee hearing that could affect the fate of the states seven regional library systems. If passed as written, HB 2719 could spell the end of 294 libraries around the state, leaving half a million Kansans without access. - photo by COURTESY PHOTO
Great Bend is home to the Central Kansas Library System, CKLS, which operates out of the same building as the Great Bend Public Library. It is one of seven regional library systems in the state. A late bill that the Kansas House is considering now could spell the elimination of this and the other six library systems in the state.