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Judge Blocks Iowa’s Ban on School Library Books That Depict Sex Acts
Friday, December 29th, 2023
via The New York Times (New York)Authors and activists said the Republican-backed law infringed on free speech. The judge said the ban imposed a "puritanical 'pall of orthodoxy' over school libraries."
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Budget cuts in Newsom plan alarm advocates
Wednesday, January 17th, 2024
via CalMatters (California)Advocacy groups for foster kids, state parks and other interests push back against budget cuts in Gov. Newsom's initial plan.
Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Court upholds block on Texas law requiring school book vendors to provide sexual content ratings
Sunday, November 9th, 2025
via The Associated PressA federal appeals court has upheld a block on the enforcement of a Texas law requiring vendors to evaluate and rate the sexual content of books they sell or have sold to schools.
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California election: Key takeaways from Senate debate
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024
via CalMatters (California)What happened when three Democrats and one Republican faced off in the first U.S. Senate debate of the 2024 California election.
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DeSantis takes parting shots in Hampton, shifting focus away from NH
Wednesday, January 17th, 2024
via Seacoastonline.com (New Hampshire)Ron DeSantis sidestepped a voter's questionabout the lack of attention on New Hampshire. He is moving his attention to South Carolina.
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California immigrants: Two ways undocumented get help
Wednesday, January 24th, 2024
via CalMatters (California)Republicans may be softening opposition to health care for undocumented California immigrants, but not many have been hired as cops.
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Whitmer promises ‘real change for people’ in State of the State speech
Thursday, January 25th, 2024
via Detroit News (Michigan)"We will deliver real change for people right now and for Michiganders generations from now," Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vowed Wednesday.
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California mental health: Big money gap in 2024 ballot measure
Monday, January 29th, 2024
via CalMatters (California)Gov. Newsom wanted only his mental health measure on the March ballot, and now his allies are vastly outraising opponents.
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Utility bills: Legislators push back on proposed fee
Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
via CalMatters (California)Democrats join Republicans in opposing a plan to use household income in setting some fees in utility bills.
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Fighting Book Bans, Librarians Rally to Their Own Defense
Sunday, November 9th, 2025
via The New York Times (New York)As libraries become battlegrounds in the nation's culture wars, their allies are fighting to preserve access to their collections and keep themselves out of jail, or worse.
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‘My Heart Sank’: In Maine, a Challenge to a Book, and to a Town’s Self-Image
Saturday, February 3rd, 2024
via The New York Times (New York)Wealthy, liberal-leaning Blue Hill prided itself on staying above the fray - until the library stocked a book that drew anger from the left.
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Workplace harassment: How bad at the Capitol?
Monday, February 5th, 2024
via CalMatters (California)A new report shows a drop in workplace harassment complaints at the California Legislature, but details are kept under wraps.
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2024 election: Concord, Cabarrus County NC primary voter guide
Wednesday, February 14th, 2024
via Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)2024 NC primary election candidates for U.S. House, General Assembly and county commissioner answers questions on issues in Cabarrus, Concord.
Racism, School Board – General, Book Bans
Maryland ‘Freedom to Read Act’ bill aims to protects books and librarians
Tuesday, February 20th, 2024
via The Washington Post (Virginia)The "Freedom to Read Act" of Maryland is proposed to protects books and librarians
School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Perspective | In a Maryland school library, empty shelves are about to get emptier
Saturday, February 17th, 2024
via The Washington Post (Virginia)While the nation has been focusing on book bans, some schools have gone without enough (noncontroversial) books. One in Maryland has been trying to raise funds.
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Moms for Liberty takes aim at Howard County school library books
Friday, February 16th, 2024
via The Baltimore Banner (Maryland)The conservative parents group is enlisting the help of the "mastermind" behind a book-ban campaign in Carroll County schools.
School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Support for Teaching Gender Identity in School Is Split, Even Among Democrats
Sunday, November 9th, 2025
via The New York Times (New York)Americans are deeply divided on whether schools should teach about gender identity, two polls found. But there was broader support for teaching about race.
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NJ bill would protect librarians from harassment amid push to ban books
Monday, February 26th, 2024
via NorthJersey (New Jersey)School Board – General, Book Bans
Inside One Publisher’s Fight Against Book Bans – The Journal. – WSJ Podcasts
Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
via The Wall Street Journal (Oregon)School districts and state legislatures have been ramping up efforts to ban certain books from school libraries and curricula. Last year, Penguin Random House decided to do something to stop them. We speak to WSJ's Jeffrey Trachtenberg and to the man leading Penguin Random House's efforts, Skip Dye.
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