{"id":12850,"date":"2026-09-18T00:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/study-shows-texas-embattled-public-libraries-generate-3-8-billion-in-economic-benefits\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T00:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:06:09","slug":"study-shows-texas-embattled-public-libraries-generate-3-8-billion-in-economic-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/study-shows-texas-embattled-public-libraries-generate-3-8-billion-in-economic-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Study shows Texas\u2019 embattled public libraries generate $3.8 billion in economic benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texas public libraries generate nearly five times the value of the public money invested in them, according to a new statewide study released by the Texas Library Association. The report, Beyond the Stacks: Economic and Community Value of Texas Public Libraries, found that every $1 invested in the state\u2019s public libraries generated $4.74 in community [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/news\/texas-news\/study-shows-texas-embattled-public-libraries-generate-3-8-billion-in-economic-benefits\/\">Study shows Texas\u2019 embattled public libraries generate $3.8 billion in economic benefits<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/\">San Antonio Current<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas public libraries generate nearly five times the value of the public money invested in them, according to a new statewide study released by the Texas Library Association. The report, Beyond the Stacks: Economic and Community Value of Texas Public Libraries, found that every $1 invested in the state\u2019s public libraries generated $4.74 in community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klmo2.creativeeyedeas.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}