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Des Moines Register racks up 18 awards in 2024 Iowa Newspaper Association contest
Saturday, February 10th, 2024
via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)The Register staff walked away from Thursday night's INA banquet with seven first-place awards, seven second-place awards and four third-place awards.
Book Bans
How anarchists in North Carolina rescued books banned in Florida
Saturday, February 10th, 2024
via The Washington Post (California)A bookshop in left-leaning Asheville is now sending children's books banned from a Florida school district back to readers in the Sunshine State.
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Kansas Senate bill offers boundaries for challenges aimed at sanitizing library collections
Saturday, February 10th, 2024
via The Garden City Telegram (Kansas)BY TIM CARPENTER Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — Sen. Cindy Holscher wants to write a new chapter in Kansas' debate about challenges to books on racism, politics, sexual content, religion and LGBTQ+ issues…
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Why California legislators want to ban more plastic bags
Friday, February 9th, 2024
via CalMatters (California)Legislators say a nine-year-old prohibition on single-use plastic bags isn't enough and want to extend a plastic bag ban.
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Speakers decry Iowa bill giving politicians more sway over libraries
Thursday, February 8th, 2024
via Sioux City Journal (Iowa)The proposed legislation comes months after voters in Pella defeated a similar proposal at the local level.
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Why lawmakers are questioning California workplace safety agency
Thursday, February 8th, 2024
via CalMatters (California)State legislators question Cal/OSHA officials at a hearing over how they protect farmworkers and order an audit.
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California’s most mundane school planning processes are vulnerable to DEI backlash
Thursday, February 8th, 2024
via CalMatters (California)As vitriol toward DEI intensifies, California schools are crafting plans for disadvantaged students and vulnerable to backlash politics.
Racism, School Board – General, Book Bans
Legislation to limit removal of explicit content from schools advances
Wednesday, February 7th, 2024
via Inside NoVa (Virginia)(The Center Square) — Democratic-sponsored bills meant to inhibit censorship of books with sexually explicit content are advancing through the Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate this session —
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Do opponents of Prop. 1 have history on their side?
Wednesday, February 7th, 2024
via CalMatters (California)Opponents of Prop. 1 in the March California primary don't have the money that supporters do. But they may have history on their side.
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South Dakota bill passes on policies to restrict juveniles’ access to obscene material
Wednesday, February 7th, 2024
via Rapid City Journal (South Dakota)A bill requiring public schools and libraries to publicize their policies for restricting minors from accessing obscene matter or materials passed in the House Education committee Monday morning.
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Here’s your guide to voting in the 2024 California election
Tuesday, February 6th, 2024
via CalMatters (California)The comprehensive CalMatters Voter Guide is now available as mail ballots arrive for the March 5 California primary election.
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Column: Governors State Black History Month read-in takes place amid attacks on Black history
Monday, February 5th, 2024
via Chicago Tribune (Illinois)The National African American Read-In at Governors State takes place from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 26 at Engbretson Hall. The event, among read-ins being held across the country, will featur…
Book Bans, Racism
UNL student shares grand prize for translating scroll buried at Pompeii
Monday, February 5th, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)Luke Farritor, a Lincoln native and senior at UNL, is among three people who will share the $700,000 grand prize for the Vesuvius Challenge.
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Daily Minute: Examining prison overcrowding; NBE considers book ban; senior center sold
Monday, February 5th, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)Examining prison overcrowding; NBE considers book ban; senior center sold
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Bristol celebrates weather-delayed Martin Luther King Day
Saturday, February 3rd, 2024
via The Roanoke Times (Virginia)Sunshine and warmer temperatures greeted dozens of participants Saturday during the Twin City's sixth annual Martin Luther King Day celebration, which was delayed last month by snow storms.
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This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on ‘Woke Kindergarten.’ Test scores fell even further
Saturday, February 3rd, 2024
via San Francisco Chronicle (California)This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on ‘Woke Kindergarten'. Test scores fell even further
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At Spotlight Tampa Bay forum on education, strong views and a standing ovation
Saturday, February 3rd, 2024
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)The discussion flows when students and thought leaders weigh in on the last two years in Florida schools.
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Miami historian to give away banned books this weekend at a new garden in Overtown
Friday, February 2nd, 2024
via Miami Herald (Florida)'In banning ideas, the books were banned.'
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Founder of group that opposes book bans files ethics complaint against Iowa lawmaker
Friday, February 2nd, 2024
via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)The founder of a nonprofit that opposes book removals in Iowa has filed an ethics complaint against a state representative alleging defamation.
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