It means they won’t be given state funds this year. As to how it affects them, I honestly don’t know how much of a budget they depend on these funds for, if there are other funds that can’t be removed, etc. Maybe a librarian could enlighten us on that. My only point is that the MO congress seemingly thinks it’s ok to risk precious resources for communities because they want to throw a temper tantrum about a lawsuit that the people of the state likely had no knowledge of and certainly no culpability for.

It means no state funds. This won't harm larger cities mostly, as they usually have taxes levied to help them operate, but rural communities libraries rely on state funding much more. This will lead to potential closures, largely impacting small communities that realistically aren't doing anything the gop lawmakers are worried about.