Alabama board defunds local library in first action under new book ban law

Move comes amid broader Republican-led culture war in US as Alabama cracks down on sexually explicit' content

The public library in Fairhope, Alabama - a picturesque city on the shores of Mobile Bay - has found itself in the crosshairs of battles over library content.

The Alabama public library service board of trustees recently voted to withhold state funding from the Fairhope public library after complaints from conservative parents about books in the teen section. In the same meeting, the board voted to immediately dismiss the executive director of the state library agency, who had been planning to resign.