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Carson High School students apply their business savvy, writing skills to bring magazine to life
Monday, April 14th, 2025
via The Nevada Independent (Nevada)Carson High School students apply their business savvy, writing skills to bring magazine to life. Read more from The Nevada Independent.
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Five years after their passings, C.T. Vivian and John Lewis still getting their flowers
Saturday, April 12th, 2025
via Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)Plans are underway to build a stand-alone library to house Vivian's thousands of books, while House Democrats are pushing for the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
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Live updates: Nevada Legislature’s first committee passage deadline
Friday, April 11th, 2025
via The Nevada Independent (Nevada)Staff at The Nevada Independent bring you all the details you need to know from the first major legislative deadline.
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School board officials raise alarms over partisan elections
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
via The Times (Indiana)Senate Bill 287, if passed, would give school board candidates the option to run under a party affiliation, as independent or nonpartisan in general elections.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones, Las Guaracheras, and More: City Lights for April 10–16
Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
via Washington City Paper (District of Columbia)Thursday: Stories Save Lives at the Whittemore House 'Stories save lives' is one of the truest utterances ever said in D.C.—but that may just be a writer's bias. This Thursday, nonprofit We Need Diverse Books marks 10 years of defending diverse voices with their event 'Stories Save Lives.' WNDB began with a stated mission 'to […]
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Why library books about transgender people are under fire in these two Tennessee counties
Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
via Tennessean (Tennessee)Books that allegedly promote "gender confusion" are being removed in two counties in Tennessee, and First Amendment groups are pushing back.
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Nevada bill seeks to ban all bans on books, opponents argue it removes local control
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
via KTNV 13 Action News Las Vegas (Nevada)Proponents are arguing Assembly Bill 416 is step to limit censorship, but those against the bill are saying it instead limits local control and leads to burdensome legal procedures.
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Nevada bill would prevent book bans in public and school libraries
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
via Reno Gazette Journal (Nevada)Assembly Bill 416 had its first hearing Tuesday looking to make it illegal to ban books or other materials in public or school libraries in Nevada.
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Poll: Most in N.H. oppose prosecuting over controversial school materials
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
via The Union Leader (New Hampshire)A University of New Hampshire Survey Center poll done by a national political action committee for libraries and MomsRising Together found most Granite State residents opposed a pending bill to
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Poll: Most in NH oppose prosecuting educators over school materials
Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
via The Union Leader (New Hampshire)A University of New Hampshire Survey Center poll done for a national political action committee for libraries and MomsRising Together found most Granite State residents opposed a pending bill to
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Pesticides, work mandates, DEI: What bills lived or died in Iowa Legislature’s 2nd funnel?
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
via The Ames Tribune (Iowa)Which bills lived or died after the Iowa Legislature's second "funnel" deadline on Friday? Check out the complete list.
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Florida GOP wants to make it easier to challenge books on school shelves
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
via Sun Sentinel (Florida)Their proposals mean schools could not consider whether books had 'serious' artistic, literary, political or scientific value — only whether they depicted 'sexual conduct.…
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Florida GOP looks to make it easier to challenge books on school shelves
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Their proposals mean schools could not consider whether books had 'serious' artistic, literary, political or scientific value — only whether they depicted 'sexual conduct.…
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Senate advances bill restricting book bans in Oregon to the House
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
via Statesman Journal (Oregon)The bill requires challenges to books be initiated from people directly connected to a school district.
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Advocacy groups taking it to the streets to push back against Trump and Musk cuts to federal agencies
Monday, March 31st, 2025
via Union Progress (Pennsylvania)March 16's forecast qualified as a First Alert Weather Day – high winds, lightning, heavy rain, hail and possible tornadoes predicted throughout the region. And Indivisible Pittsburgh and its partner…
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School board races across St. Louis area shadowed by threats to public education
Monday, March 31st, 2025
via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)Incumbents are fighting to hang on as school board culture wars have given way to financial and political threats.
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Oregon Senate Advances Bill to Increase Difficulty of Banning Books in Schools
Sunday, March 30th, 2025
via Willamette Week (Oregon)In the 2023-24 school year, the State Library of Oregon reported the highest number of challenges to books and other materials in libraries and schools since 1987, when it first began collecting data.…
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Slate that opposed COVID rules took over Huntley 158 school board in 2023. New group aims for new direction
Friday, March 28th, 2025
via Daily Herald (Illinois)A new group describing itself as a nonpartisan, grassroots organization is backing five candidates in the Huntley Unit District 158 school board races in the election. The group, Candidates for All…
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Here’s why Florida’s book challenge law keeps changing every year
Friday, March 28th, 2025
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)The statute on removing library books has doubled in length since 2017, with more changes likely this year.
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CCSD school board member urges public library to move sex education book to restricted area
Thursday, March 27th, 2025
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)Michele Leber asked public library and city council members to restrict access to a health literacy book, arguing it violates state laws, is inappropriate.
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