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Missoulian week in review: Local news recap for Sept. 21-27

Friday, September 27th, 2024

via Missoulian (Montana)

Here's a roundup of local stories that ran this week.

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Llano Library book ban case could overturn longtime First Amendment precedent

Thursday, September 26th, 2024

via Texas Standard (Texas)

Many of the books removed from shelves dealt with race and LGBTQ identity.

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Laws target gender-nonconforming Idaho residents. Here’s what they want you to know

Thursday, September 26th, 2024

via Idaho Statesman (Idaho)

Transgender Idahoans described themselves as 'trapped,' 'stuck,' and 'waiting' to be who they are when they conformed to their sex assigned at birth.

Book Bans, LGBTQ+

Forsyth County GOP defends Robinson as he hires law firm to look into allegations

Thursday, September 26th, 2024

via Winston-Salem Journal (North Carolina)

Forsyth County Republican Party says Robinson is the victim of "a modern-day lynching."

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Hoosiers challenged these 346 books at Indiana libraries last year. Is your favorite listed?

Thursday, September 26th, 2024

via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)

Hoosiers challenged hundreds of books in Indiana libraries last year — from Maia Kobabe's "Gender Queer" to the Holy Bible. Here's a full list.

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Wasilla’s only book store to host banned books popup event

Thursday, September 26th, 2024

via Alaska Public Media (Alaska)

Mat-Su saw more book challenges last year than any other region in the state.

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Head of 1.8 million-member teachers union visits Missoula to denounce ‘book bans’

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

via Missoulian (Montana)

Randi Weingarten, the president of the powerful American Federation of Teachers labor union, attended a book giveaway in Missoula on Tuesday.

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‘That Librarian’ brings her story about a battle over book bans to DBF

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

via Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)

"That Librarian" Amanda Jones recounts her harrowing experience over book bans in small town Louisiana.

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What books have people tried to censor in Ohio?

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

via The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)

Here's where Ohio stands when it comes to book challenges, according to the American Library Association.

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LGBTQIA+ Equality Coalition releases ‘Freedom to Read’ bookmarks

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

via Quad-City Times (Iowa)

In observation of Banned Books week, the Muscatine County LGBTQIA+ Equality Coalition has released bookmarks that include an 'LGBTQIA+ Reads' list, for elementary, middle or high school students.

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Meet The People Running For Chicago’s School Board Election In District 3

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

via Block Club Chicago (Illinois)

Jason Dónes and Carlos Rivas Jr. are running to represent Logan Square and other Northwest Side neighborhoods in this year's school board election.

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You don’t have to ban books: 7 ways to find out and guide what your child is reading

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

via The Florida Times-Union (Florida)

With book banning on the rise in Florida and across the country, there is the chance that books your child might appreciate might be unavailable.

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‘Freedom to Read ‘Em’: Anne Arundel Libraries declare themselves a book sanctuary

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

via The Baltimore Banner (Maryland)

The Anne Arundel County library system announced it has become a Book Sanctuary, dedicated to protecting books from censorship and educating the public about book ban efforts

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Alaska authors join fight against banned books with local chapter of fledgling national group

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

via Anchorage Daily News (Alaska)

Authors Against Book Bans has joined the growing pushback by parents, educators, librarians and various organizations seeking to prevent what members feel is a dangerous drift toward reducing the…

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Banned Book Week: While some other states restrict works, California bans book bans

Tuesday, September 24th, 2024

via Ventura County Star (California)

Take a look at all the books that are deemed too controversial to read during Banned Book Week starting September 22

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Tolkkinen: Should a school board member have to say the Pledge of Allegiance?

Tuesday, September 24th, 2024

via Star Tribune (Minnesota)

Stephen Vigesaa, a school board member in conservative Fergus Falls in west-central Minnesota, has stopped saying the pledge of allegiance, saying it violates his religious faith. He could pay for that in the upcoming election.

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Waiting for a flight at LAX? You might be able to read a banned book

Tuesday, September 24th, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

Screens throughout the airport will soon invite people to read a banned book by using a QR code to get a temporary library card.

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Republican attorneys general from 17 states join Texas in defending politicians’ right to ban books

Tuesday, September 24th, 2024

via Houston Chronicle (Texas)

Attorneys general will try to convince a federal appeals court that the First Amendment grants elected officials the right to ban books.

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Alison Law kicks off ‘Bookmarked’ series with Lois Reitzes on ‘City Lights’

Monday, September 23rd, 2024

via WABE (Georgia)

Alison Law and Lois Reitzes kick off the 'Bookmarked' series by discussing Banned Books Week and one of Atlanta's preeminent festivals celebrating the freedom of ideas and the power of words, the…

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