As budgets tighten, people are breaking out their library cards
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Izzy Rivera reads at least one book every week, but buying them new isn't in her budget. As she saves up for law school, some expenses don't make the cut. "Say I'm buying a few a month," she said, "it just isn't realistic." That's why Rivera has recently been leaning more on local libraries near her …
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