Moms for Liberty Files 189 Book Challenges. All Rejected. | News & Observer

The challenges in the Wake County, NC, district were deemed invalid because they weren’t filed by parents of children in the individual schools.

Illinois Becomes First State in U.S. to Outlaw Book Bans in Libraries: "Regimes ban books, not democracies" | CBS News

The new law would cut off state funding for any public libraries that restrict or ban materials because of "partisan or doctrinal" disapproval.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Ban on 'Sexually Explicit' Books in School Libraries into Law |Austin American-Statesman

House Bill 900 will prohibit schools from purchasing books that are "sexually explicit, pervasively vulgar or educationally unsuitable."

Indiana School Librarians Worry New Law Banning ‘Obscene’ Books Will Harm Their Work and Students | WFYI Indianapolis

Indiana Library Federation members are learning to live with the law, but they are still trying to clarify misconceptions about it.

Iowa School Librarians Await Guidance as They Prepare for New Law that Will Ban Certain Materials | The Gazette

The law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2024, bars from school libraries books that depict or describe sexual acts. Schools are also required to have a policy that allows someone to request the removal of any classroom materials.

Free Speech Organization Threatens to Sue Utah Library for Removing Displays| Fox13

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression sent a letter to the city of Orem, UT, and its council members threatening legal action and saying that the removal of a Pride display is a First Amendment violation and that the city “further censored the public library by banning all heritage-month displays, including Hispanic Heritage Month, Native American History Month, and Black History Month.”

La Crosse Activists Respond After Book Ban Concerns | WKBT

Advocates speak out after the removal of Queer Ducks in Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (WI) School District.

President of the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association: 'School librarians are teachers:’ | WJAC

Amid book banning attempts for “parental rights” in Pennsylvania, Aimee Lin Emerson explains that parents always had control of what their kids read at school.