Legislation

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Louisiana: Act TODAY to Stop SB7!

At 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 23, the Louisiana House Education Committee will hear SB7, a bill that lets the state government – not your local library – decide what books you can check out. The law is bad news for Louisiana libraries and the rights of the people who use them.

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Victory in Llano County, TX

The federal district court in Austin, TX has issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Llano County government and library board to return books removed from the public library’s collection due to some library users and county residents and officials complaints about objectionable content.