Jay Nixon, the governor of Missouri, is holding back $6.6 million in funding that was allocated to the state by the Missouri House and Senate last year.
“Of that $6.6 million, Governor Nixon has only release $724,000 and only to libraries serving communities of less than 40,000 people,” reports BookRiot.
The Kansas City Public Library is calling on citizens to contact the governor and ask him to release the additional funding to support the rest of the system. Citizens can also has sign this Change.org petition or this iPetition to help encourage the governor to comply.