The St. Paul Public Library system has officially done away with overdue fines — but you’d still get charged for materials you don’t return.
From library fines to police investigators: 5 things to know about the St. Paul budget and tax levy
December 13, 2018
LIBRARY FINES If you’re one of one the 51,000 patrons blocked from borrowing materials from the St. Paul Public Library system because of unpaid late fines, you’re in luck. With encouragement from the mayor’s office, the Library Board wrote off $2.5 million in uncollected debt from late returners. Late fines will now be a thing of…
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter’s plan to erase library late fees
December 12, 2018
Melvin Carter has been at the lead in St. Paul for nearly a year. But rarely has Jana Shortal seen him as jazzed as he is about breaking up with library late fees. WATCH THE VIDEO…
St. Paul City Council expected to approve 2019 budget Wednesday
December 12, 2018
The St. Paul City Council is expected to approve it's 2019 budget Wednesday. It includes a double-digit increase to property taxes for most homeowners. It also does away with late fees at libraries. KSTP's Leah McLean sat down with Mayor Melvin Carter to talk about why library fees are such a high priority for him. "Right…
St. Paul Launches Intergenerational Reading Program
December 12, 2018
The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, the nonprofit organization responsible for fundraising initiatives benefiting Minnesota’s capital city’s central library and 12 neighborhood branches, is sponsoring in partnership with the city’s government a community reading program that extends far beyond one book. Read Brave St. Paul, which launched before Thanksgiving and continues through late…
St. Paul council set to approve amnesty for overdue book fines
December 11, 2018
St. Paul residents stand on the cusp of amnesty for library late fees. On Wednesday, the St. Paul City Council is set to approve the library system's $20 million budget, which includes more than $215,000 to make up for the amount collected in late fees each year. Beginning Jan. 1, the city also will forgive…
StarTribune: St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter: No more fines for overdue library books
September 6, 2018
The idea is to encourage families who have stayed away because of accumulated fines to return to the library and the worlds that it opens. Toni Carter watched her son the mayor bounce with excitement as he announced an amnesty for 51,000 St. Paul library cardholders who owe money for overdue books. “He’s a book…
MPR: Carter recommends city libraries shelve fines
September 6, 2018
MPR News Staff · Aug 29, 2018 St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter says he's making the city's library system the first in the state to eliminate late fees. Carter made the proposal when he outlined his library budget. The first-term mayor wants the city council to forgive more than $2 million in existing fines. "Right…
Pioneer Press: No more late fines at the library? St. Paul mayor says dropping fines is overdue
September 6, 2018
It’s a penalty almost as old as the American public library system itself. You check a book out from your local library, and return it a few days — or weeks — past due. Then the fines accrue. “If you’ve ever had to turn down a kid and tell them they can’t educate themselves because…
MINNPOST: The most popular books at St. Paul and Hennepin County libraries
September 6, 2018
A plane crashes in a remote part of Minnesota, killing a U.S. senator. No, we’re not recounting one of the sadder episodes in Minnesota political history, we’re talking about the plot of “Desolation Mountain,” the most requested book at St. Paul Public Libraries right now. Of course, it falls to sheriff-turned-private investigator Cork O’Connor to…
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