Dolly Parton's Beloved Reading Program at Risk After Republicans Slash Funding

Photo Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic via Getty Images Dolly Parton's books-for-kids project now faces a funding squeeze in parts of the U.S. Republican lawmakers in Indiana and Missouri have reduced or removed public support, putting pressure on a program that has delivered hundreds of millions of free books to young children. Dolly Parton's reading program faces a hurdle from Republicans Created in 1995 through Parton's Dollywood Foundation, Imagination Library sends age-appropriate books to children from birth through age 5 at no cost to their families. More than 300 million books have . . .