Winnipeg [Canada] Library Getting Rid of Overdue Fines (CTV News)

Park County [WY] Libraries Go Fine-Free Forever (Cody Enterprise)

A Matter of Equity and Access: Ames [IA] Public Library Goes Fine Free (Ames Tribune)

Arlington Heights [IL] Memorial Library to Eliminate Fines in 2021 (Patch)

Rock Springs [WI] Library Now Fine Free (Baraboo News Republic)

Bye Bye Library Fines (Laval, Canada) [The Suburban]

Del Norte County [CA] Library Eliminates Late Fees (Del Norte Triplicate)

Pella [IA] Library Going Fine Free January 1st (KNIA-KRLS)

Knoxville [IA] Library to Eliminate Fines (KNIA-KRLS)

Kingston Frontenac Public Library [Canada] Eliminating Fines for Overdue Library Books (Kingstonist)

Coastline [OR] Libraries Eliminate Late Fees (The World)

[Auburn IN] Library Eliminates Overdue Fines (The Star)

Why Some Libraries are Ending Fines (The Atlantic)

Grande Prairie [Canada] Public Library Eliminating Library Fines (My Grand Prairie Now)

1on1: Massanutten [VA] Regional Library: No Overdue Fines (WHSV3)

[Maryville, MO] Library Board Approves New Fine-Free Policy (Maryville Forum)

Gering [NE] Public Library Goes Fine Free (KNEB)

[Frankston, Australia] Library Fines Abolished (The Bayside News)

Manatee County [FL] Library Will Not Charge Fines for Overdue Books (WWSB)

Grand Forks [ND] Public Library Eliminates Fines (Valley News Live)

Mediapolis [IA] Public Library Goes Fine-Free (The Hawk Eye)

London [Canada] Public Library Scraps Late-Return Fines, Seeks “Barrier-Free” System (Canada.com)

Long Overdue: Why More Ontario [Canada] Libraries are Going Fine-Free (TVO)

Mansfield Richland County [OH] Public Library Goes Fine-Free (Richland Source)

Rapides [LA] Parish Library to Be Permanently Fine-Free (KALB)

Cessnock City [Australia] Library Will No Longer Charge Fines for Overdue Books (The Advertiser)

Kenai [AK] Community Library Goes Late Fee-Free (Peninsula Clarion)

Ottawa [Canada] Public Library Scraps Late Fees for Overdue Items (CTV News)

Turner [MA] Free Library is Feeling Fine (Free) (Wicked Local)

No More Late Fees to be Charged at [Prince Edward Island Canada] Public Libraries (Yahoo! News)

Fargo [ND] Public Library Getting Rid of Overdue Fines (Valley News Live)

Fort Saskatchewan [Canada] Public Library Eliminates Late Fees (St Thomas Times-Journal)

Amsterdam [NY] Library Eliminates Fines (The Leader-Herald)

Goulburn Library [Australia] Abandons Late Fine Regime To Encourage Use (Goulburn Post)

[New Haven CT] Library Eliminates Fines (New Haven Independent)

Sylvan Lake [Canada] Municipal Library Goes Fine-Free (Sylvan Lake News)

Kawartha Lakes [Canada] Library System Eliminates Late Fines (Lindsay Advocate)

Lisle [IL] Library District is Now Fine Free (Chicago Daily Herald)

Peoria [IL] Public Library Goes Fine-Free Forever (WGLT)

St Charles [MO] Library System Eliminates Late-Book Fines (STL Today)

Carroll County [MD] Public Library Eliminates Overdue Fines (Baltimore Sun)

Palatine [IL] Library Drops Fines, Joins Forces with Other Libraries (Daily Herald)

Cranston [RI] Library Eliminates Book Fines (Patch)
(Congrats, Ed! – Andy)

Fondulac [IL] Library Does Away with Overdue Fines (Week.com)

Joliet [IL] Public Library Won’t Fine You Anymore (Patch)

Bitterroot [MT] Public Library Goes Fine Free (Ravalli Republic)

Library Late Fines May Be Eliminated, says [Canada] Province’s Acting Executive Director (CBC)

Washoe County [] Library Board Eliminates Fines on Overdue Books & Materials (News4)

Collingswood [Canada] Loses Late Fines Permanently (Collingswood Today)

No More Library Late Fines at Fergus Falls Public Library [MN] (Valley News)

Mattoon [IL] Library Goes Fine Free (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)

Lancaster [MA] Library Removes Fines for Children’s, Young Adult Materials (Telegram.com)

Editorial: Eliminating Overdue Book Fines Increases Library Ues for All (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

North Library [IA] Public Library to Eliminate Fines for Overdue Materials (Little Village)

‘Not So Much an Incentive as a Punishment:’ North Library [IA] Library Gets Rid of Fines (Iowa City Press-Citizen)

Removal of Late Fines Brings Surge in Patrons at Sarasota [FL] Libraries (Herald-Tribune)

Williston [ND] Public Library Eliminating Book fees (KXNET)

No More Late Fees – Richmond [VA] Public Library Ends Overdue Fines (WRIC ABC8)

Mason County [MI] District Library is Going Fine Free (9&10 News)

Delta Township [MI] District Library Eliminating Most Fines (WITL)

Some Allegheny County [PA] Libraries Ditching Late Fees in Hopes that Readership Goes Up (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Miles-Maine [IL] Library Going Fine-Free (Journal-Topics)

More Libraries Are Doing Away with Overdue Fines (New York Times)

Sawyer Free Library [MA] to Eliminate Late Fees (Wicked Local Gloucester)

Removal of Late Fines in Sarasota [FL] Libraries Proves Successful

Overdue Fines Eliminated at Many Libraries in Allegheny County [PA] (WTAE Pittsburgh)

Library Late Fines Removed Across Kempsey Shire [Australia] (Macleay Argus)

Louisville [CO] Library Eliminates Late Fees for Kids’, Youth Materials (Colorado Hometown Weekly)

Rowan County [KY] Public Library is Now Fine-Free (WMKY)

Troy [NY] Public Library to go Fine Free (CBS6)

Tolleson [AZ] Public Library Eliminates Late Fees for Overdue Items (KTAR News)

No More Overdue Fines (Bethel Library) [MD] (Sun Journal)

Why Anchorage [AK] Public Library Has Gone Fine-Free (Anchorage Daily News)

Check It Out: Beverly [MA] Public Library Eliminates Overdue Fines (The Salem News)

Big Changes Coming to Pasco [FL] Libraries (Tampa Bay Times)

Brampton [Ontario, Canada] Library Has Been Recognized for its Children’s Fine-Free Materials Initiative (Bramptonist)

Library Prepares to Go Fineless with 5K (Saline County) [AR] (The Saline Courier)

Fine Time to Dump Library Fines [Manitoba, Canada] [OpEd] (Winnipeg Free Press)

100,000 Patrons Return to the Denver [CO] Public Library After Late Fine Elimination (Colorado Politics)

Library System [OK] Does Away with Fines, Fees (Muskogee Phoenix)

Local Libraries [ID] May Eliminate Fines on Overdue Books (Moscow-Pullman Daily News)

Several Regional Libraries [ID] Eliminate Fines for Missed Due Dates (Lewiston Tribune)

Grove [OK] Public Library Eliminates Overdue Fines for DVDs and Equipment (Grand Lake News)

Eliminating Late Fees Didn’t Hurt Library’s Bottom Line [British Columbia, Canada] (The Interior News)

New Braunfels [TX] Library to Go Fine-Free in February (KENS5)

Lake Forest [IL] Library to go ‘Fine Free’ (The Lake Forest Leader Daily)

Boulder [CO] Public Library Says Goodbye to Late Fees (Boulder Colorado Government)

WCLS [WA] Permanently Eliminates Library Late Fees (The Northern Light)

UM’s Mansfield [MT] Library Gets Rid of Overdue Fines (KHQ)

Two Indiana [IN] Counties Become Latest to End Library Late Fees (WFYI)

Montclair [NJ] Library Reports Uptick in Usage After Eliminating Overdue Fines (Montclair Local)

Local Libraries [WA] Will Now BE Fine Free (LC Valley)

Are Library Late Fines a Form of Social Inequity? Sault [Ontario, Canada] Looks at Dropping Them (SooToday)

Monroe County [IN] Public Library Board of Trustees to Vote on Dropping Overdue Fines (Indiana Public Media)

University of Montana’s Mansfield Library [MT] Eliminates Library Fines (KPAX)

Waterford [WI] Public Library Going ‘Fine Free’ in an Effort to Increase Circulation after Road Project (The Journal Times)

Anchorage [AK] Public Library Will No longer Charge Fines for Overdue Materials (KTOO)

Overdue Library Fees Eliminated at (Timberland Regional Libraries) [WA] (The Vidette)

Eugene [OR] Library Eliminates Fines for Children, Teen Items (The Columbian)

[IA] Library Waves Goodbye to Overdue Fines (Ottumwa Courier)

St. Louis [MO] Area Nixes Library Fines, Joining Growing Trend (AP)

Fine-Free Libraries, Zero-Fare Olympia [WA] Buses and Other Changes Coming to the Region in 2020 (The Daily World)

Kaukauna [WI] Library Drops All Fines for Late Returns (WBAY ABC2)