NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Public Library announced that the library is eliminating fines, opening a new chapter for accessible reading. NOPL officials said the library board approved the ...

The Akron-Summit County Public Library is going fine free. The Akron-Summit County Public Library is joining a growing trend of libraries across the state and country in eliminating overdue fees for ...

A New York state graduate student was left stunned after being informed that she owed her university library almost $12,000 in fines. Binghamton University's Hannah Jones told Newsweek that "it made ...

The Moorpark City Council has ended fines for any future late library books and waived approximately $61,811 in past fines. The Moorpark City Library suspended the fines in March 2020 when the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Overdue library fines will now be a thing of the past for Chicago residents. Starting Tuesday, October 1, the Chicago Public Library will eliminate overdue fines for all CPL-owned ...

Greenfield Public Library will eliminate overdue fines on most materials beginning June 1, the library said in a news release sent to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The decision, approved by the ...

AGREED, BUT HAVE SINCE BACKED OUT THE DES MOINES PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM WILL NO LONGER BE COLLECTING LATE FEES ON RETURNED BOOKS. THIS CHANGE STARTS IN JANUARY ON THE 16TH. IT WILL ALSO GET RID OF PAST ...

KING COUNTY, Wash. — The King County Library System (KCLS) will stop charging late fines for overdue library items and will clear all existing late fines starting May 9. Last year, the library ...

Ever worried about returning a book late and having to pay fine for it? That won’t be the case anymore at Tompkins County Public Library, which eliminated its fine on late items starting Jan. 14. The ...

When the books were found in place, the fees were erased and the hold on his diploma lifted. "I contacted the library and told them I had returned the books properly, when in reality I snuck them back ...