"What happens to Wisconsin's free online library BadgerLink if Trump cuts funding? You ask, we answer"
Aug 18, 2025
ULC Chief Operating Officer Angela Goodrich was quoted in this article from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about how federal funding cuts may affect resources, such as Wisconsin's BadgerLink program.
"Library advocates like Angela Goodrich, COO of the Urban Libraries Council, say the funding keeps state libraries running, enabling them to buy in bulk and share programs and resources with smaller libraries that couldn’t afford them on their own.
'Keep in mind, the IMLS budget represented just 0.005% of all federal spending,' said Goodrich. 'For almost no money, lives are changed.'"